Winter is coming in Afghanistan but will it bring peace?

Imran Jan | The Taliban’s unchanged demand has been for the foreign occupation forces to leave. Late last year, Trump announced reducing the 14,000 American...

Curbs on Media-Dawn editorial

Imran Jan | Dawn newspaper editorial on December 14, 2018, is quite interesting. At the outset, I must suggest to the writer of the Editorial...

Where is Reham Khan?

Farah Adeed | The Sociology of Marriage offers interesting accounts to understand what does marriage mean? Why do we get married? What are the social implications...

Balochistan and its fate in CPEC

M Bilal Abdul Ghani | Ignorance over ignorance would be disastrous for this country and we should learn lessons from mistakes of history like Fall...

Afghanistan: Withdrawal controversy – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The United States military establishment did not appreciate President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw half of the more than 14,000...

A path towards peaceful Afghanistan

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Donald Trump’s contentious plan to withdraw roughly half of the United States troops stationed in Afghanistan by the end...

All is not well in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Monitoring has proven to be the most effective tool of modern management. In performance reviews past events are discussed, real-time...

Learning from Vietnam’s economic experience -I- Dr. Omer Javed

Dr. Omer Javed | The PM often advises the people to become the ‘shaheen’ (or eagle) of Iqbal (the national poet), occupying the heights in...

No Big (IMF) Deal!

Dr. Omer Javed | In a recent interview of BBC’s Hard Talk, the Finance Minister (FM) was told by the anchor person that his government...

Saudi Arabia and the West’s right wing: A dubious alliance – James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined...

India desperately trying to mend fences with China: But why?

M K Bhadrakumar | Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hurried 36-hour visit to Singapore to attend the 13th East Asia Summit, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and...

End of Zardari’s era: What is the way forward?

Farah Adeed | Pakistan is an interesting country where the ruling elite is among the richest individuals of the world but its masses are still...