A glimpse of the past: Was Pakistan ready to respond to India’s overt nuclearization?
Samson Simon Sharaf | When Narasimha Rao, the Indian National Congress (INC) Prime Minister, called for snap elections in 1996, it was time for Pakistan...
Everything turns legit under the banner of ‘preserving democracy’
Ikram Sehgal | Such is the terror of possible retribution by those in governance that even a man of AD Khawaja’s conscience and inherent integrity...
Are the people ready for another long-march against dictatorship?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | Having lived through two movements (1977 and 2007) and getting ready for the third (2017), I thought it was a...
Will Trump be left standing alone against North Korea?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | On Tuesday, even as Moon Jae-in got elected as South Korea’s next president, in faraway Oslo, North Korean and American representatives sat...
Has PTI’s ‘change’ been killed by ‘corporatisation’?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | Perhaps Kaptaan has now become a brand name for PTI Incorporated (PTI Inc). Corporate resources like jets and helicopters are...
America’s wars around the globe: Necessary and constitutional?
Jacob G. Hornberger | For 45 years, the United States was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and communism. In the 1960s,...
Rising tensions between the neighbors; Pakistan offers diplomacy to Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Pakistan has scored a hat-trick. On top of the tensions with India that threaten to cascade any moment, and the bloody...
Is Panama Leaks Investigation a zero-sum game?
Ikram Sehgal | The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) mandated by a 3-member Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has commenced its investigations about the “Panama...
What are Pakistan’s options in ICJ on the Kulbhushan Case
Zeeshan Munir | Everyone in Pakistan seems to have been caught off guard by the desperate Indian act of approaching ICJ to safeguard its national...
Making a success story out of CPEC: Certain, probable, or doubtful?
Nasir Azeem | The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being talked about a lot in media, policy circles, and academia. This game-changing project is a...
Bringing Afghanistan & Pakistan close: Will China’s efforts bear fruit?
Imtiaz Gul | China is running full-steam ahead with multi-tier diplomacy to create a synergy of thought and action among regional countries as part of...
Rising Iranian-Pakistani tensions: Is Pakistan’s “house of cards” going to collapse?
James M. Dorsey | An Iranian warning that it may attack militant bases in the troubled province of Balochistan threatens to bring Pakistan’s house of cards...