Encounter of justice or fair play? —Pakistan’s Judicial Order goes on trial.
Jan Achakzai | As the Supreme Court resumes the hearing of the Panama Case after the receipt of the JIT report on Monday, July 17th,...
The Gulf crisis: A coming out of small states
James M. Dorsey| Buried in the Gulf crisis are two major developments likely to shape future international relations as well as power dynamics in the...
Lessons to learn from Singapore
Saud Bin Ahsen| The month of August is significant as two nuclear-armed states celebrate their independence from British rule in 1947 and this year is...
Petro-Islam: The Genesis of Islamic Radicalism and Jihadism
Nauman Sadiq | The phenomena of Islamic radicalism all over the world is directly linked to Islamic madrassahs (religious seminaries) that are generously funded by...
Narratives galore on the Panama saga
Ghulam Mustafa | There's never a dull moment in Pakistan. Besides everything else, we have been part of PA -NA -MA Hungama ever since ICIJ...
2017 Malabar naval exercise
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The steady transformation in the global politics has been causing new strategic alliances or partnerships formation. The materialization of new partnerships...
OIC resolution: will India face kickbacks in Kashmir?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | India will surely reject – if South Block has not done it already – the resolution passed by the Organization of Islamic...
Panama-Gate: Circumventing accountability and disrespecting the rule of law
Ikram Sehgal | Monday, July 10, 2017, will go down as a day of some consequence for accountability in Pakistan’s history, and maybe its destiny....
Is it time to face the reality?
Imtiaz Gul | If the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) finding of two declarations submitted by Maryam Nawaz is correct, she will be facing criminal prosecution...
The rise and fall of secularism in modern Turkey
Yasir M’alik | Secularism has been a dominant belief system in the republic of Turkey since 1928, the times when it was constitutionally recognized and enforced...
Islamic Radicalism: A Product of Western Imperialism
Nauman Sadiq | Peaceful, or not, Islam is only a religion just like any other cosmopolitan religion whether it’s Christianity, Buddhism or Hinduism. Instead of...
A rift that is not there!
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The explosive, controversial and damning report of the Joint Investigation Team(JIT) has brought about furor and euphoria alike. The government and...