Finding balance amid KSA-Iran tussle
Junaid Ali Malik | Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Iran both have immense importance for Pakistan. Iran was the first country that recognized it. Saudi Arabia...
CPEC: A Chinese Vision Since 2005
Saeed Afridi | China’s rise has been attributed to the successful implementation of its ‘Dual Track’ transition policy based on gradual, incremental and near-constant reform of its economic sector in conjunction with Five Year Plans. The is Dual Track policy emphasised on social and economic reform; without any corresponding political reform.
Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, caught in a feud with Balkh governor?
M K Bhadrakumar | The simmering political feud between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and governor of Balk province in the north of the country Atta...
Why Student Unions need to be brought back in Pakistan
Muhammad Hassan | Youth Needs to Step Up I think it would not be news to your ears now if I say the youth of our...
Indian woman burned to death by rejected lover
AFP with additional input from News Desk | A woman in southern India died from burns on Friday after a man she turned down set...
India defies US by showing solidarity with Russia
M K Bhadrakumar | In a highly significant diplomatic gesture, India showed solidarity with Russia in the UN General Assembly vote on Tuesday, which condemned...
Neutron star collision discovery judged as scientific ‘breakthrough’ of 2017
AFP | The world's first-ever detection of two faraway neutron stars colliding, causing a massive blast that rippled through the fabric of space and time,...
US continuous drift towards India raises new risks for Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | TRUMP Administration announced its National Security Strategy (NSS) on December 18, 2017. It is aimed at promoting a balance of...
Taliban kill six in deadly suicide attack on Afghan police compound
AFP | A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee into a police compound in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least six officers and destroying a...
The world rejects Trump’s Jerusalem decision
News Analysis | The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday rejected US president Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by a decisive vote, inflicting a...
Opposition stages another walkout over FATA reforms bill
News Analysis | Opposition legislators once again staged a walkout from the National Assembly (NA) after the government failed to include the bill on Federally...
Can the depreciating rupee rescue the government in the next polls?
Waqas Shabbir | The depreciation of the rupee has led to a debate throughout the country. Though, the bulk of the commentators believe it to...