An open letter to the Prime Minister, Imran Khan

Minahil Toor | Dear Imran Khan, Heartiest congratulations on your thumbing victory. The load of governance has now officially come upon you. I prefer to call...

Self-fulfilling prophecies: Chinese fear attacks by Uyghur jihadists – James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | A seemingly obsessive fear of Uyghur nationalist and religious sentiment has prompted Chinese leaders to contemplate military involvement in Syria and...

Saleem Safi in hot waters; asks for accountability of journalists!

Shiffa Yousafzai | The crux of Prime Minister Khan’s first national address was the announcement of his ‘Austerity Drive’. He refused to stay in the...

Government draft on Kashmir conflict resolution and its merits

Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani | Human Rights Minister Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari has stated that she has prepared a ‘Conflict Resolution Draft’ on Kashmir and it...

The love-hate Khan relationship – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | Politics has a weird way of distributing people into ideological camps. ‘Ideological’ here is being used as a concession to describe the...

Mehreen Zara: Kettle calling the pot black?

Imran Jan | Mehreen Zahra-Malik wrote an Op-Ed piece for the Washington Post titled Who’s afraid of Imran Khan’s Pakistan? Almost everyone. She says Imran...

The ticklish history and process of electing Pakistan’s President

Muhammad Zahid Rifat | Pakistan is electing its 16th President on the 4th of September, 2018 as the incumbent Head of the State Mamnoon Hussain...

Playing politics with religion: Imran Khan puts himself between a rock and a hard place – James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Less than a week in office, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made blasphemy one of his first issues, empowering militants...

Pakistan’s US challenge – Brig. Samson Sharaf

Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf | Notwithstanding Geography and Geopolitics, the epitome of measuring national power is the leadership, national character, and morale. Pakistan now has...

New PM and democratic evolution

Dr. Zeeshan Khan | Democracy failed exceptionally quickly after independence because Pakistan possessed a weak and fragmented political party that was unable to resolve key...

What was so special about Bilawal’s first speech in NA?

Habiba Chishti | Yes! Bilawal’s speech was brilliant and it is a glimpse of a true parliamentary debate. One of the key traits he has...

Imran Khan: the leader

Farah Adeed | I still remember my M.Phil. A class where I was supposed to go through many articles, books, and reports, and to prepare power-point...