A new arrangement between the US and Pakistan on drone operations?
News Analysis | Three drone strikes have reportedly been carried out in the Paktia province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, which according to reports have resulted...
QCG meeting ends without a breakthrough: What lies ahead in the Afghan peace process?
News Analysis | The 6th meeting of the four-member Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) held in Oman on Monday, seemingly ended without finding any headway in...
Malaysian Sultan speaks up against Saudi inspired ultra-conservatism
James M. Dorsey | Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, does not mince his words. His repeated verbal assaults on...
India & Pakistan: Officers and Gentlemen..
GVS Special | Wars are cruel, they are ferocious, they turn us into beasts of death and destruction but amidst all debris of blood, bones...
Kurram IED blast: Signs of a new terror war to come
News Analysis | Captain Hasnain, who was martyred in a blast in Kurram Agency along with three other soldiers Sunday morning, was laid to rest...
India refuses to sign NPT in order to hang on to nuclear weapons
News Analysis | India has ruled out the possibility of joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon state but said it remains “committed”...
Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines launch joint patrols to tackle ISIS threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | Staggering six months of waiting coupled with best efforts before this quarter of 2017, a more concrete defense alignment and cooperation...
Al-Britani: My friend-turned ISIS recruit in Raqqa
Murtaza Shibli | “Raqqa will never be the same”, claims Abu Adam Al-Britani in a 72-minute long tape that was issued late last month. He...
Sharif’s playbook to escape justice; 2017 edition.
PML-N government ministers and their supporters in the media are continuously trying to give the impression that the ruckus and rowdiness which lead to...
Pakistan’s Growing Challenge: Drug Use & Abuse…
GVS Analysis | Listening to policemen in Islamabad and Lahore reveals that more and more of Pakistani youth are experimenting with new and dangerous drugs....
PM Abbasi takes a dig at military regimes
News Analysis| Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday said Pakistan's progress was always halted by military dictators. The premier made these remarks during the inauguration...
Kidnapped Canadian says child killed, wife raped in Afghanistan
A U.S-Canadian couple and their three children freed from captivity in Pakistan return to Canada, where the husband Joshua Boyle said one of his...