China’s growing power in Central Asia & Middle East: Challenge for the US

China's increasing presence on the international scene is an undeniable threat to the US-led world order. Critical to China's emergence as a major power...

India is committed to spoiling peace efforts in Afghanistan

While India has gained significantly because of  U.S. participation in Afghanistan and has considerably increased its influence in Afghanistan through economic and military assistance,...

Israel’s open fire policy and human rights don’t go hand in hand

Israel kept on growing illicit settlements and related frameworks in the occupied West Bank, as well as in East Jerusalem, by legitimizing stations constructed...

Is Imran Khan the Captain to get us through Black Swan events?

In the past few months the COVID-19 crisis, the PIA air crash, the decisions around lockdowns and the rise in Corona cases can aptly...

Why State-funding for Minorities is Important

Why State funding for minorities is important? Pakistan’s Hindu community was all set for its first, official place of worship in the capital territory....

Myth of Accession: A History of Kashmir

Kashmir's myth of Accession starts by virtue of Jammu & Kashmir being a princely state, it’s Hindu ruler was empowered under the Indian Independence...

A glance into Pervez Hoodbhoy’s classroom

Ahmedullah Agha Every Monday at 5 pm a study circle is organized at Forman Christian College. A dozen or so young students deeply disenchanted with...

What the world can learn from India’s thrashing at the hands of China

Disengagement between India and China means both countries will pull back their forces 1.5 kilometers from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Monday...

Applying the truth meter to Imran Khan on COVID-19 statements

The political opposition and a fair section of the Pakistani public believe Prime Minister Imran Khan’s periodic proclamations on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic are...

PTI governance: A series of mismanaged affairs

Constant management gaffes by the PTI government are not just becoming a source of embarrassment for the Pakistani nation, but now also posing a...

New turf war emerging in Jerusalem has everyone’s attention

Israel, with the backing of the Trump administration, may have full administrative control of Jerusalem but that has not shielded the city from becoming...

India and China fundamentally misunderstand each other on the LAC

The post-Galwan joint statement resolves that LAC and status quo shall be abided by. In the past similar statements have been made as well...