Platinum Birthday felicitations Tariq Ali – Saud Bin Ahsen
Saud Bin Ahsen | The sun rises later and later now, and I, who only a month ago could sit with latte every morning watching...
Will Conflict with Iran help bail MBS out of his troubles? – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | Embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could prove to be not only a cat with nine lives but also one...
Pakistan needs to welcome Science!
Farah Adeed | Bertrand Russell, a renowned British philosopher, and a prolific writer wrote a very interesting book in 1952, titled The Impact of Science on...
Will Imran Khan bring much-promised change – Farid A Malik
Farid A Malik | ‘Old habits die hard’ is an age old saying. Adult changes are almost impossible as it involves a lot of unlearning....
US squeezing Iran: Difficult choices for Pakistan?
Najmuddin A. Shaikh | The EU, France, Germany, China, and Russia; signatories of the JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) and the IAEA, which...
Is Pakistan a free country?
Dawood Ghazanavi | The month of October marks the 17th anniversary of the US-led war in Afghanistan. It is the longest in American history. In...
A gruesome murder bares world powers’ flawed policies
James M Dorsey | Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder raises fundamental questions that go far beyond Middle Eastern geopolitics. They go to the risks...
Pakistan’s Bureaucracy: A legacy of British colonial era?
Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari | Worldwide bureaucrats are educated and talented people to run respective government departments, not cities, municipalities, and towns. Bureaucracy plays a...
IMF assistance: more detrimental than beneficial for Pakistan
M Fazal Elahi | Eventually, the incumbent coalition government of Pakistan has chosen to jump into the lap of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for...
Cutting Financial Aid To Pakistan May Not Bring Peace To Afghanistan
Fatemeh Aman | A new report by the State Department on terrorism criticizes Pakistan for failing to prevent terrorist groups, especially the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network...
‘More to do’ is the new ‘do more’
Imran Jan | General Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said of Pakistan, “I do acknowledge that they have done a lot in...
Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle East – James M Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist...