Will American plan to increase troops in Middle East & Afghanistan be a Self-built graveyard?
Dr. Ron Paul | By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Pakistan’s strong economic performance? Questionable
Michael Kugelman| Recent months have seen a proliferation of Western media commentary attesting to Pakistan’s strong economic performance. Factors of economic development Tyler Cowan declared Pakistan’s economy...
Dawn leaks and ISPR’s sensible move
Raza Rumi| Pakistan’s military leadership, by issuing its latest statement on the Dawn Leaks issue through the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has done the democratic...
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...