Rafale and Al-Khalid-1: Increasing war-fighting capacity and regional security puzzle

South Asia's regional security and economic prosperity have been obstructed by the protracted strategic rivalry between India and Pakistan. Instead of mitigating their differences,...

Surrender at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium is inevitable

After a long time Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally reached out to Bangladesh which was once a part of Pakistan. India now stands...

365 Days of Kashmir in Lockdown

A woman in Kashmir took a sigh of relief as she slowly pierced the knife inside her belly and saved her unborn child from...

Is Pakistan moving forward or backwards?

The opposition parties are planning to organise an All Parties Conference (APC) after Eid-ul-Azha to plan the way forward. Those who have taken the...

Assessing the Unjust Kashmir Annexation on its Anniversary

Today is the first anniversary of India’s single-handed introduction of the way they think the Kashmir problem would be solved. On 5 August 2019,...

Erdogan’s Moment of Glory: Reinventing Turkey’s Islamic Past

Friday, July 24, 2020, would be long remembered in Turkey. On this day the iconic Hagia Sophia was opened for Friday prayers after a...

Is bureaucracy stalling change?

The civil service must be reformed Bureaucracy is defined as “the art of making the possible impossible“. Indeed bureaucrats are the biggest impediment to change....

Hagia Sophia Mosque: Resonating the Revival of Islamic Identity

Beautifully situated on the shores of the Bosphorus straits connecting the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea and regarded as the border between Europe...

Golden opportunity under PTI rule: Ensuring complete freedom of citizens

It was early 1971, I was preparing for my FSc exams. We went to visit our extended family living on Shalimar Road, where I...

Berke Khan: The Savior of the Muslim Civilization

Waters of river Tigris (Dajla) had become red with the blood of slaughtered Muslims of Baghdad. Nearly all residents of the city were either...

While celebrating Nuclear Security Index improvement, Pakistan needs to act cautiously

The 2020 Nuclear Security Index by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) revealed that the progress on Global Nuclear Security had slowed significantly during the...

China-Iran strategic nexus: Implications for Pakistan

China and Iran are reportedly mulling over striking a strategic-cum-economic deal worth $400 billion. The yet-to-conclude deal is reportedly dropping India out of the key...
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