Mashal Khan’s murder & Pakistan’s religious cauldron: dark shadow of General Zia
Abdul Rahim | The role of the state, when it comes to controlling religious extremism in Pakistan, is close to zero; operating only under the...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
US Defense Secretary’s clarification over their Syrian actions
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Amidst the contradictory voices from within the US administration regarding Syria over the weekend – American priority in the war (ISIS...
Let us save our country for future generations!
Farid A. Malik | Nehru and his pundits had set a six months deadline for the reunification of the Indian Sub-Continent which they considered ‘Dharti...
Saudi-led alliance: Pakistan must make independent decisions for its own national interest
Dr. Zafar N Jaspal | The hysterical debate over the appointment of formal Chief of Army Staff as head of the 39-nation Islamic military alliance...
US Secretary of State’s visit to Moscow: new friendship or false dawn?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The early reports on the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s talks in Moscow on Wednesday have a positive ring but...
Malaysian Hacker reveals information: “Chemical Attacks in Syria were staged”
Sophie Mangal | On April 4, chemical attacks were carried out in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, killing over 80 civilians and leaving around 200 injured. European...
Pakistan must give one message on India’s self-confessed “state actor”
Ikram Sehgal | Serving Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under the Pakistan Army Act...
India’s Fury on Kulbhushan’s Death Sentence: What are India’s real options?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | A few hours after Pakistan Army Chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ratified the death sentence given to Kulbushan Jadhav, the...
FBR’s irrational taxation regime only has one motivation: extraction?
Imtiaz Gul | The Federal Board of Revenue continues to act as a highly extractive institution. With the tax-leaking at an increase and the revenue...
US turning the world into a battlefield to safeguard “national security interests”
Dr. Ron Paul | President Trump said it is in the “vital national security interest of the United States” to attack Syria over the use...