Playing both sides against the middle: Saudi Arabia engages with Iraqi Shiites
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia, with the Islamic State on the ropes in Iraq, is forging ties to Iraqi Shiite leaders and offering to...
Prime Minister Azad Kashmir offends millions of Kashmiris
News Analysis | The Prime Minister AJK, Raja Farooq Haider made headlines after he stated, “as a Kashmiri, I need to think to which country I...
Who will triumph in the battle for NA-120?
News Analysis | Preparations are already underway in Lahore’s NA-120 constituency which was recently vacated by the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Political parties have...
One Jalsa. Multiple media narratives
News Analysis | Various media organizations of Pakistan have managed to portray certain events in a certain perspective. Imran Khan's "Thanksgiving" Jalsa was not spared...
Imran celebrates and looks to surge ahead
News Analysis | Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan warned former President Asif Zardari, the nominated interim prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and premier in-waiting...
The interim prime minister; no stranger to corruption charges
Minister of Petroleum and Natural resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been appointed interim prime minister while Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the chosen successor...
A moral judgment?
Saad Rasool | The honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Friday, disqualified Mian Nawaz Sharif, from being member of the National Assembly, under Article 62(1)(f)...
End of Charter of Democracy?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Arriving on the heels of 70th independence day of this country, the judgment by the Supreme Court on the “Panama...
Fear of third intifada brings Israel and Arab together!
James M. Dorsey | A web of formal and informal Israeli-Arab relations and common fears of renewed popular uprisings that could threaten regimes and benefit...
Countering Sharif’s apologists
Farah Adeed | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has finally disqualified Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the third time elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif...
Nawaz’s disqualification: Will Pakistan descend into chaos?
M K Bhadrakumar | The Pakistani scenario, following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has three important dimensions. One, will Pakistan descend into violence and chaos? The...
The Twists And Turns Of Indian-Iranian Military Aid To Iraq
Andrew Korybko | Both Great Powers are intensifying their military relations with the war-torn state in the wake of Daesh’s decisive defeat in Mosul, with news...