US Annoyed as Iran Becomes a Potential Ally of Gulf Nations

It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...

Change the attitude towards poor & see an improved economy!

Over the past several months, coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world, denting the ego of a world drunk on its technological feats, bringing...

China’s aid amid the pandemic: A leap towards becoming a superpower

Covid-19 - A not so fleeting moment in the period, rather a defining and turning point. Just like the major events of history (the...

Opinion: Ulemas in Pakistan have an upper hand, but why?

In a democratic order, writ of the state is established with the support of the masses. Democracy was born in the bazaars of Athens...

This movie will remind you of the tragedy of little Zainab

Lockdowns have forced people into their homes, and they have started watching more movies. So here is a masterpiece you must watch - the...

Power corridors’ prolonged association with sugar mills

Produced from sugarcane sugar constitutes Pakistan’s second-largest agro-based industry after textiles ranking fifth in the world in cane acreage and ninth in sugar production....

Covid-19: Welcome the heatwave crisis amid Ramadan

This year the holy month comes to us with double difficulties: The social distancing, curfews and closure of shops, though hopefully loosening in the...

Coronavirus: United States replaced by China?

Kurt M. Campbell, an American diplomat and political analyst declared Coronavirus pandemic a “Suez moment” for the United States. The Suez Canal fiasco of...

US-Saudi oil clash breeding a larger conflict

The coronavirus pandemic and the global economic meltdown forced Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Russia to call time out...

India emboldened by US retrenchment

India’s growing provocative posture towards Pakistan and its threat of pinning the Pakistan army for “maintaining peace”, is a reflection in large measure of...

How Pakistan became safer than New York

Let me go out on a limb and say something that could come back and haunt me. Pakistan is doing well at managing the...

India’s embrace of “Economic Nationalism” is directed against China

India's new International Investment Policy is a major shift in regional dynamics; it appears to be designed to restrict Chinese investments to encourage US and western inflows as part of Trump's vision of "US-India Comprehensive Strategic partnership"