Withdrawal of NATO forces and its adverse impacts on Afghan exports
According to an observation, withdrawal of NATO forces is a prime factor in declining exports to Afghanistan. Worsening law and order situation and increasing...
Is Pakistan still indispensable for the US in the region?
US officials have called Pakistan an important ally and one that can bring Taliban to the talking table. Pakistan is an ally on counterterrorism...
Escalation of the Syrian conflict: Is the US hurting Syria more than ever?
News Analysis | An American fighter jet on Sunday shot down a Syrian warplane that the US-led coalition said attacked its allies in the fight...
Prime Minister Imran Khan?
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | This is a six part article which traces the phenomenal rise of PTI, the disillusionment that set in, internal party...
Gulf crisis and new alliances: Where does Pakistan stand?
News Analysis | Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops serving with a coalition fighting the Islamic State group to leave its territory. It comes after Bahrain...
Why is the US attacking the Syrians who are fighting ISIS?
Dr. Ron Paul | Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked...
The capture of Tora Bora by Daesh: How will it affect the Afghan quagmire?
News Analysis | Islamic State militants, under pressure from Afghan and U.S. forces, have seized a new stronghold in Tora Bora, a mountainous area dotted...
The summoning of the Sharif family by JIT: Shall we praise the Prime Minister?
Saad Rasool | Last week had been consumed with speculations and talk about Mr. Nawaz Sharif and his family’s appearance before the Panama case JIT....
Muslim Brotherhood: the real reason behind Saudi Arabia’s hostility
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Do not be surprised if Arab politics reminds you of Meryl Streep feuding with Dustin Hoffman in the 1979 American drama...
What a time it is to be a Pakistan cricket fan!
Khawar Latif Khan | From the time when, arguably, Pakistan's strongest cricket team ever, lost the final of World Cup '99 - and did not...
Amir Sohail flayed left , right and center for his allegations on Pakistan team
The verbose former Pakistani Skipper Amir Sohail is in the headlines for his remarks on Pakistan’s spectacular performances in the ongoing Champions Trophy, of...
Afghanistan: From Soviet occupation to American ‘Liberation’
Nauman Sadiq | During the election campaign of 2008, before he was elected president, Barack Obama had made an artificial distinction between the “just war”...