SAARC’s failure: held hostage to whims of India?

South Asia remains one of the world’s poorest regions, with over 20% of the world’s population and 40% of the poverty-stricken.  Political strife, distrust...

Clash between Russia and the USA over biological weapons in Central Asia?

Saad Marwat | The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1989, straight after the collapse of the Berlin Wall in Germany. This resulted in the emergence of...

Why Trump did not call Putin a “thug” or a “murderer”?

Patrick J. Buchanan | During the campaign Trump was clear. He would seek closer ties with Russia and cooperate with Vladimir Putin in smashing al-Qaida...

Misery of the cotton pickers of Sindh demands Bilawal Bhutto’s attention

Sahib Khan Some months ago, people from Bheel community from Khairpur district staged sit-in protest outside Hyderabad Press Club (HPC). They were protesting against a...

The Muslim world: Liberals pay the price of Trump & Saudis

Donald Trump’s fueling of Islamophobia with his newly imposed travel ban as well as his war on the mainstream media feed an increasing trend...

US military disaster in Yemen: Trump’s Bay of Pigs?

NBC News is reporting that contrary to what U.S. officials have been maintaining, the goal of the recent U.S. military attack in Yemen was not to...

Will China’s protection of Masood Azhar create bigger problems for Pakistan down the road?

China, at the behest of Pakistan, has once again prevented the United Nations from listing a prominent Pakistani militant as a globally designated terrorist. China’s...

Barak Obama: the real “killer”

Alex Christoforou | ‘You think our country is so innocent?’, President Trump asks after Bill O’Reilly calls Putin ‘a killer’. Former POTUS Barack Obama may have...

Are Pakistani politicians dancing with Perkin’s hitmen?

Imtiaz Gul | John Perkins, the best selling author of the book 'Confessions of An Economic Hitman,' talks of how corrupt rulers of smaller developing nations...

Why Pakistan’s feudal class is not worried about the water crisis?

Najma Minhas | Unfortunately, while many of us are fast becoming immune to weekly media headlines of India and Pakistan’s latest never-ending drama with India...

Bloomberg thinks Pakistan will be an over-performer next year

Tyler Cowen | Each year I perform the exercise of picking what I think is the most underrated (and overrated) economy in the world. Past...

How ‘digital Bangladesh’ has started online accountability of country’s parliamentarians

Rezwan | Although Bangladesh is a populous and formally democratic country, internet penetration remains low and many politicians and legislators do not use social media or...