Of weapons and deals: Trump’s shenanigans with Qatar
News Analysis | US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and his Qatari counterpart Khalid Al-Attiyah signed a letter of agreement for a $12-billion sale of US-manufactured F-15...
Institutional mismanagement in Pakistan: Who will expose the culprits?
Ikram Sehgal | Accountability must target (but mostly doesn’t) politicians, public officials, and govt departments, the lower judiciary, etc, in Pakistan. The PM appearing before...
Neither sex nor meat, but only spiritual thoughts are the key to having a healthy baby: Indian Ministry
The Ayush Ministry of India, in a failed attempt to share the secrets to a healthy pregnancy, have advised the would-be mothers to abstain...
The power struggle in Afghanistan: Who will emerge victorious?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | What on earth has brought the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to Afghanistan? The most obvious explanation could be that...
India vs Pakistan: A final which everyone dreamed of but few predicted!
Kumar Sangakkara | India moved one step closer to retaining its ICC Champions Trophy crown with an utterly convincing and clinical display against Bangladesh at...
Urbanization and declining agriculture: How to balance them off?
Shanzay Asim | The process of urbanization in Pakistan has an immense impact on the society and economy. It has both positive and negative consequences...
The Kurds Are Ethnically Cleansing Arabs From Raqqa, And The World Is Silent
Andrew Korybko | The global media -- to their credit – are focusing on the brutality of the US-backed Raqqa campaign, though they’re avoiding any serious...
Capricious Pakistan spoiled the English party to seal a place in the final
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The odd-sized Sophia Gardens looked like the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore as the deluge of Pakistani supporters outnumbered those of the...
Yet another US drone strike in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed several Pakistani Taliban militants in North Waziristan close to the Afghanistan border, one militant commander and multiple intelligence...
The Iranian threat: How can Pakistan safeguard its interests?
Saleem Akhtar Malik | Pakistan’s northwestern and southwestern borders are no longer inert. We are well aware of the security environment along the Durand Line....
PM appears before the JIT: A test of accountability
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is set to appear before JIT on June 15, 2017. Extra security arrangements have been put in place in and...
Saudi Arabia or Qatar: Pakistan’s search for neutrality in the Gulf crisis
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The fact that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was accompanied by the army chief General Qamar Bajwa on the visit to...