Will the Libyan oil deal survive?

On September 18, Vice Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Ahmed Maiteeq announced that he had reached an agreement with the commander of...

Perspective on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Building a global world order

Political scientists Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham bring with their edited volume originality as well as dimensions and perspectives to the discussion about...

Pakistan Democratic Movement at a standstill

Political environment post-September 20th APC, has become murkier and fragile for the alliance formed under the name of “Pakistan Democratic Movement.” With every passing...

How to keep the mind, body and soul healthy

Just as life is a great gift from God Almighty, so is good health an invaluable gift of nature. Fitness plays an important role...

Op-ed: Will Biden presidency risk plunging the world into a catastrophic third world war?

A joint American-Israeli program, involving a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes, aimed at taking out the most prominent generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards...

PIA, Reko Diq & K Electric: Mistakes made while contracting with foreign companies

He was an ex-PAF, a PIA jumbo pilot, and above all, a known upright, honest man who, while signing any paper was so detail-oriented...

Banned books: The unhealthy relationship between censorship and literature

Whether it is the Records Department spitting out fiction in Oceania, the Afsana Department in Yoknapotawaha ‘creating’ stories in less than three minutes, or...

Shaping Palestinian politics: UAE may have upper hand in its competition with Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t miss a beat during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, insisting that he, unlike the UAE...

Op-ed: India one of the major players in Afghanistan’s domestic and foreign affairs

India’s presence in the recently commenced intra-Afghan peace talks signals that she wants to play a meaningful role in a post war Afghanistan. However,...

The UAE-Israel deal’s historicity is in the fine print

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed walked away from this month’s White House signing ceremony with...

President Kennedy’s handling of conflict in Vietnam

Though not extending to aggression, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower (in office 1953-1961) instituted and supported the sometimes brutal methods of the Republic of...

Op-ed: There is no legal basis for two-finger virginity testing on women

2020 will go down in history as the year in which gendered discourse frequently saw the light of day in Pakistan. From the debate...