The Constitutional Matrix of FATA

Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, the National Assembly, in its dying days, has passed a historic piece of legislation, which has been long overdue....

The two ends of Shahrah-e-Quaid

Farid A Malik | The Mall Road Lahore which has now been renamed as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam is the most historic thoroughfare of the country. On one...

NISP 2018: missing the point

Imtiaz Gul | The new national security policy (NISP 2018) released recently by former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, is a welcome step insofar as the...

The emergency destruction of American liberty

JACOB G. HORNBERGER | Emergencies are the time-honoured method by which people lose their freedom. That’s because public officials use emergencies as a way to...

Nuclear weapons solidifying defensive fence

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | PAKISTAN has been encountering an existential threat since 1947. India has not reconciled with its sovereign survival. New Delhi did...

Pakistan’s place in a globalized world

Ikram Sehgal | In an increasingly globalised world, we are geographically very beneficially at the crossroads separating South Asia with Central Asia and the Middle...

2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield

James M Dorsey | A possible Saudi-Iranian clash on the soccer pitch promises to be a highlight of this month’s World Cup in Russia. It...

Water woes of Pakistan

Fahad Ali | Water, the true elixir of life, is one of the basic necessities of human life. In fact, the very existence of humans...

Will caretaker government be able to hold free and fare elections?

Ikram Sehgal | Headed by former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, the Caretaker Regime taking office today includes in its mission statement (1) running the affairs...

Mahathir’s policies could reshape Malaysia’s relations with Gulf States

James M Dorsey | Newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir is adopting policies that could reshape the Southeast nation’s relations with powerful Gulf States....

The Indian Illusion: Denying Anti-Iranian Sanctions While Implementing Them

Andrew Korybko | People all across the world, and especially in the multipolar bloc of BRICS, collectively let out a sigh of relief after Indian...

“Seasonal birds” in Pakistan’s political arena

Farid A Malik | ‘Khooti Rahi Bur Thalay’ means “the donkey remained under the tree.” the first time I heard this Punjabi proverb was in...