Education reforms in KP: Right steps at the right time
Muhammad Ali | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: the first thing that enters our minds is their mammoth rallies or extended sit-ins. While the people and analysts question...
Islamic Military Alliance: Give it a chance it might actually become Muslim World’s NATO
Abubakar Farooqui | Following a period of ambiguity over the approval of NOC from the Government of Pakistan, former Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif is finally in...
Blasphemy & Terrorism: Tools to repress Opponents?
James M. Dorsey | Blasphemy has joined terrorism as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics and political opponents as well as stifle...
The Moscow-Islamabad ties: A fling or a marriage?
Yasir M’alik | Of late, Russia, Pakistan, and China have shown a willingness to establish a tripartite alliance based on mutual interests. Events of tactical...
Iran’s resilience: The rise of a powerful Neo-Persian empire?
Zeeshan Munir | From Aleppo in the North to Hama in the center and Dara in the South, the strategic initiative on the complex Syrian...
How India botched up with Erdogan’s visit?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Indian Ministry of External Affairs schedules high-level visits by foreign dignitaries on the basis of clear-cut diplomatic objectives. A visit...
RAW fuels terrorists, Pakistan stays strong: Modi’s new strategies?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has been encountering grave internal and external security challenges since the dawn of the twenty-first century. Its adversaries, particularly...
Civil-Military relations on social media: Has Pakistan turned into a laughing stock for the world?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s state institutions have yet to learn the art of strategic communication. The confessional video statement of the once-dreaded TTP spokesperson, Ehsanullah...
A Restrictive foreign policy: Is India inviting trouble?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | When diplomacy becomes brittle, foreign policies become sub-optimal. India’s diplomacy toward China and Pakistan testifies to it. Dialogue with Pakistan is...
Spies and terrorists seeping into Pakistan: India’s dirty war
Zeeshan Munir | On 3rd March 2016, Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving commander in the Indian Navy working for RAW, was arrested from Baluchistan. His arrest...
Nawaz’s Silence on Indian Involvement in Sponsoring Terror in Pakistan
Saad Rasool| On Monday, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor, announced that Ehsanullah Ehsan, the former spokesperson for prescribed...
Question of Reputation: Why Nawaz not using same criteria he applied on PAS Officers?
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill | Not long ago, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif introduced the process of attrition in the promotions of civil services officers. Never...