Bhutto was born to be ‘hanged’

Sir Maurice James the British High Commissioner to Pakistan from 1962 to 1965 had this to say about Bhutto: "Bhutto certainly had the right qualities...

Turkey’s battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power struggle

The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody. Mr. Erdogan is on opposite sides of Russia in...

Gwadar, security & inclusive development

The journey from the exit out of the Gwadar Airport to the narrow passage through the old town – barely half a kilometre stretch...

Dissection of the idea of “Public Executions” and “Dignity”

Having seen the continuous surge in the shocking, ghastly, and dreadful cases of child abuse in Pakistan, the Members of the National Assembly left...

US uneasy as Iraq gets new prime minister

In happier times, Washington and Tehran might well have zeroed in on Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as their consensus candidate for the post of Iraq’s...

Russia strongly rejects Turkish position on Syria

The Russian reaction to Turkey’s latest military moves in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib has appeared in the form of a lengthy interview...

Is “neutrality” an option for Pakistan’s foreign and security policy?

The speeding process of globalization and the visible shift of economic and political momentum towards (Eur)Asia because of China and its BRI project necessitates...

Humanity in the face of an ecological apocalypse

Sir Francis Bacon was a staunch critic of scientific method development but being a philosophical-scientific giant, atheists are gung-ho to recruit him as a...

Across the River Lives the Family & the Enemy: Tale of a Soldier

The soldier was looking through his bunker across the river. Usually, it was a fixed gaze on the enemy soldiers but that day was...

Approaching Apocalypse under watch of “Divider-in-Chief” of India

The first Hindutva genocide of Muslims took place in 2002. Since then there is occasional splurt in violence. What happened under Governor Jagmohan in...

Pakistan Sailing in Choppy Waters

After 9/11, the US in league with NATO, Israel and India initiated global war on terror under the pretext of making the world safe,...

Trump’s Middle East peace plan: Deceit of the century?

Opinion | Earlier this week, from the East Room of the White House, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
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