Why is Balochistan becoming an epicenter of militancy?
In a senseless attack, a group of militants attacked and killed as many as 11 laborers working in remote coal mines in Balochistan in...
A look back at Pakistan’s exports in 2020
The year 2020 would be remembered mostly for the Covid-19 pandemic which did not leave any corner of the world unscathed. From the social vantage...
Op-ed: Will there be a new world order in 2021?
Besides a renowned influential critic and political activist, Avram Noam Chomsky is to be deemed as the pioneer of modern linguistics by sparking the...
Orderly management of decline
The Iron Lady of Great Britain, Mrs Margaret Thatcher used this term after meeting with her senior bureaucrats. Yes, they are good at maintaining...
Will US democracy survive Trump’s election fraud allegations?
Four years ago Trump was an outsider, nobody believed he would get enough votes to win. Hillary Clinton seemed a sure winner being a...
How resignations can help get rid of past distortions
The Zia Pandemic of 1985 partyless elections may be finally coming to an end by the voluntary resignations of the opposition parties. Please resign...
The politics behind ceasefire in Afghanistan
A high-powered Taliban delegation was in Islamabad for talks last week with Pakistani leaders. The delegation was led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar—the deputy...
Senate elections through ‘open ballot’: What does the Constitution say?
Prime Minister Imran Khan, along with several members of his political party, have argued in favour of holding the upcoming Senate Elections through ‘open...
Establishment Nawaz Vs. Establishment Colonial
After inserting Article 6 in the 1973 constitution, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) was confident that the era of military takeovers was over. It was...
The Politics of the CPEC: Is Punjab being favored?
Scholars, policymakers, and media commentators have been discussing different dimensions of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) across the globe since its beginning in 2013....
Imran Khan’s anti-corruption drive pitched against high odds
How do we explain opposition parties’ cacophony of protests and resignations? Is it opposition for the sake of opposition, or a quest for power...
BECA putting Pakistan’s military might to test
Currently, the United States militarily prefers India over its seven-decade-old South Asian ally, Pakistan. It has been transferring state of the art weapons and...