Mayhem in NA after attack on Sheikh Rashid
Mayhem ensued in the National Assembly on Friday after Syed Khursheed Shah, Leader of the Opposition, accused the government of dispatching a Pakistan Muslim...
The underdogs have made the Champions Trophy a real spectacle
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The seemingly lopsided and rain-hit Champions Trophy has drastically entered a very riveting and interesting phase. With three matches remaining...
Political elites of Pakistan: Promoting or subverting democracy?
M. Q. Yaaser | Paragraph 124 of Supreme Court’s decision on the Panama Case stated the following: “Some provisions of article 62 of the constitution certainly...
Added conflicts and proxies: Redefining the Middle Eastern alliances
Samson Simon Sharif | For over the past hundred years, West Asia has been the theater of conflicts and proxies. Most countries in the conflict...
PML-N’s ‘interesting’ rule: Have the 2018 elections already been lost?
Shaukat Qadir | In the Chinese language, if you say, “May you live in interesting times”; it’s a curse. Pakistan seems to have spent its...
British and Middle Eastern Monarchy: Acceptable vs the unacceptable
Jovaria Naseem | Monarchy is one of the oldest forms of government. The word "Monarch" comes from the Greek word monárkhēs which means absolute ruler...
The Middle East conundrum: What is the safe passage for Pakistan?
Ghulam Mustafa | Mired in its Afghan Policy quagmire, reeling from Trump led Saudi Arabian stunning uppercut and Panama JIT, Pakistan appears to have been...
Identifying the common enemy: Is Trump missing a chance to mend ties with Iran?
News Analysis | Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei has said that the attack on the Iranian Parliament and shrine of the revolutionary Ayatullah Khomeini carried...
All you need to know about the 2017 UK elections
Theresa May, after replacing David Cameroon as Prime Minister, called this election in order to get a bigger majority in the parliament which would...
Defying global pressure: North Korea fires new land-to-ship missiles
Ju-min Park and Soyoung Kim | Seoul - North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South...
Rehman Malik calls for formation of judicial commission to investigate Wikileaks claim
PPP leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik has reportedly written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding the formation of a judicial commission to investigate...
Saudi-UAE-Qatar crisis: Will the US’ mediation bear fruit?
News Analysis | The noise of Saudi-led Qatar boycott is reverberating in the region and beyond as the need for mediation and protection is being...