We need to talk about suicide in the military

Simon Harold Walker | In 1916, a young British private in northern France wrote home to his parents explaining his decision to take his own...

The Politics of Agitation, APC or FPC – Few parties conference

Saad Rasool | Ostensibly, an All-Parties Conference was held, earlier this week, under the auspices of Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman. Participants of this congregation – led by...

The New and Old Pakistan Paradox

Waqas Shabbir | Abid Raza: A Misjudged Figure I remember bitterly opposing member national assembly MNA-Abid Raza, during a time when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary...

Russia tamps down US-Iran tensions – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | The US President Donald Trump is learning that Persian is a tricky language and does not easily yield its hidden charms...

NSG: Credentials for membership – Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | India and Pakistan have been vying for Nuclear Supplier Group membership from June 2016. Both are skilled to export nuclear technology...

UN report on Khashoggi: Crown Prince Salman in hot waters

Imran Jan | A six month long investigation by the UN special reporter, Agnes Callamard, on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, has resulted in compiling...

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries

Benjamin Neimark | The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks...

Why Donald Trump is putting the US into a corner on Iran?

Natasha Lindstaedt | After Iran shot down a US drone that allegedly entered Iran’s airspace, Donald Trump signed new sanctions against Iran on June 24, including against...

Attempted Coup in Ethiopia – Asif Haroon Raja

Asif Haroon Raja | A "hit squad" led by Amhara's security chief Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige burst into a meeting in the state offices of...

Nuisance minefields of PML-N – Dr. Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | In 1981 Mian Nawaz Sharif was inducted as Finance Minister in the Punjab Government. According to the then Governor Lt....

Bilawal Bhutto’s Fiery Budget Speech: Opposition’s Attempts to Escape Accountability?

News Desk | Criticizing the newly-formed Commission of Inquiry to investigate how the former two governments had obtained and utilized foreign debts for the past...

Will Akhtar Mengal’s BNP stay in working relationship with PTI?

News Analysis | Mengal’s six-point agenda includes recovery of missing persons, implementation of the National Action Plan, implementation of six percent quota for Balochistan in...