Mother of All Bombs: nothing more than a mere theatrical act by the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The BBC’s first-hand report from the remote site in the southern Afghanistan province of Nangarhar where the US dropped the Mother...
Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt: an attempt to resolve differences between Muslims & Christians
James M. Dorsey | Billed as a bid to stimulate inter-faith dialogue, Pope Francis, on a visit to Egypt, is tiptoeing through a religious and...
China’s ‘soft’ imperialism: Will Pakistan gain nothing from CPEC?
F. M. Shakil | The US$56 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – a part of China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ vision – has yet to...
Why dark-skinned women often pay a higher dowry?
Rina Chandran | Mirror, mirror on the wall; who is the fairest of them all? The one with the palest skin, of course. Or that's...
The specter of civil-military tensions is stirring, yet again…?
Najma Minhas| The specter of civil-military tensions is stirring, yet again, following the events of Saturday, 29th of April. The inquiry into the “Dawn Lies*”, at...
Aristotle’s God is not different from that of Islam or Christianity
Peter Adamson | If you were asked to name the most important philosopher of 10th-century Baghdad, you would presumably not hesitate to say ‘al-Farabi’. He’s...
Why women chess players don’t reach the top?
Here’s a story my father likes to tell. When I was five, my family spent several months living in Barbados. Since we were in...
Why DG ISPR’s Tweet saves the Army?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery| In a tweet, the Director General ISPR, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor termed the notification on Dawn Leaks as "incomplete" and not...
Terrorism, conflicts, and humiliation: What else will “Trump’s world” offer?
Stephen J. Adler, Jeff Mason, and Steve Holland | Washington - President Donald Trump complained on Thursday that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia was not treating...
Turkish airstrikes in Syria: Has the US lost another Middle-Eastern ally?
Mehmet Ersoy | Turkey, which keeps targeting the U.S. allies, is up to pretend that it has taken one of the leading roles in the...
Will the PM leave with a “great fortune” or the burden of a “very great crime”?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | My late father was a habitual litigant. When I took over from where he had left in September 1991, there...
Social Media banned in Kashmir: Indian desperation to stop protests
Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have blocked 22 social media applications including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter. An official state circular was issued on Wednesday, April 26 which stated that...