Are military operations the only way to counter terrorism in Pakistan?

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | In an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Lahore, a female student, Noreen Laghari, was arrested and a planned terrorist attack...

Why University Model UN’s help the youth play a positive role in society?

Model United Nations conferences for students is the latest craze in Pakistan. Hundreds of them are hosted throughout the year. In fact, there so...

To Win from CPEC: We must revise our trade policies…

Saud Bin Ahsen| With globalization, trade volumes increased and dynamics of international trade also changed. Integration in global supply chain became crucial; more so for the...

McMaster meets Indian PM Narendra Modi on his regional tour

The US President's National Security Advisor, HR MacMaster, discussed the situation in Afghanistan with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The meeting held on...

Pakistan’s self-righteous elite: Will they do what is really needed to ensure no more Mashal’s are killed?

Imtiaz Gul | An outpouring of condemnation and protests have been seen on the media after the lynching of the 23-year-old Mashal Khan by a...

What Message does the US National Security Advisor bring to the region from the Trump Administration

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery| The US National Security Advisor (NSA), General McMaster is on a visit to South Asia, where he will meet top officials...

What we need to do to ensure ‘free and fair’ elections Pakistan?

Dr. Farid A. Malik | The election in 1970 was free and fair as it was the first experience. Manipulative mechanisms were not in place....

Pakistan, India amongst top countries of the world in religious restrictions

The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American "fact tank", based in Washington, D.C.,  released a report on April 12, of 'Restrictions on religion among...

Blood and Mayhem: The true face of a blind impotent society

Saad Rasool | The barbarity of events that transpired in Abdul Wali Khan University of Mardan, against the helpless Mashal Khan, puts age-old tales...

Pakistan’s quota system: who really benefits from this discrimination?

Khawaja Amer | The Civil Service of Pakistan selects only 7.5 percent of the applicants on merit and the rest on quota basis - a system...

Mashal Khan’s murder & Pakistan’s religious cauldron: dark shadow of General Zia

Abdul Rahim | The role of the state, when it comes to controlling religious extremism in Pakistan, is close to zero; operating only under the...

The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
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