An open letter to a lackey !
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The cat was out of JIT's bag earlier this week. The findings flabbergasted one and all, for many believed that...
Encounter of justice or fair play? —Pakistan’s Judicial Order goes on trial.
Jan Achakzai | As the Supreme Court resumes the hearing of the Panama Case after the receipt of the JIT report on Monday, July 17th,...
Turkey marks first anniversary of the failed military coup
A year ago, on the same date, Turkey witnessed a disastrous military coup. Some junior military leadership, over their disagreements with the incumbent president and...
US tightens restrictions on Pakistan
On Friday, the US House of Representatives passed, with a 344 to 81 vote majority, a historic $696 billion defense policy bill that would...
The first death anniversary of Qandeel
News Analysis | This weekend will be the first death anniversary of a rebel that was Qandeel Baloch. A year after her tragic demise, the...
Envy is a chronic poison that secretly kills our motivation every day
Do you ever fall into the wormhole that is Instagram-stalking? You know what I’m talking about: you see a photo (perhaps someone you know,...
India’s clandestine war inside Pakistan
News Analysis | Pakistan is fully aware of the threats emanating from hostile intelligence agencies especially Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), against the...
Trump Junior’s friends in Russia
News Analysis | Donald Trump Junior, son of the U.S president, has come under fire because of a new scandal involving his family and their...
Our legacy,our democratic credentials and the storming of the Bastilles
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | In 2008, PPP got 13% of the registered vote, as per the Election Commission statistics which can be checked from...
The Gulf crisis: A coming out of small states
James M. Dorsey| Buried in the Gulf crisis are two major developments likely to shape future international relations as well as power dynamics in the...
Lessons to learn from Singapore
Saud Bin Ahsen| The month of August is significant as two nuclear-armed states celebrate their independence from British rule in 1947 and this year is...
Petro-Islam: The Genesis of Islamic Radicalism and Jihadism
Nauman Sadiq | The phenomena of Islamic radicalism all over the world is directly linked to Islamic madrassahs (religious seminaries) that are generously funded by...