On April 7, 2021, a 9,000-ton guided-missile destroyer, USS John Paul Jones (US 7th Fleet), waded (not strayed as it was deliberate) into the...

In October 2011 and February 2012 the US-NATO alliance, with the support of the Gulf autocracies, tried to obtain UN Security Council resolutions, which...

The whole world is watching with bated breath to see whether Ukraine and Russia will go to war over Donbas like many fear might...

The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some important lessons about ourselves....

Trouble is brewing in the backyard of Muslim-majority states competing for religious soft power and leadership of the Muslim world in what amounts to...

In its ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ to the US Congress, the Department of State found India wanting in more than a...

Women’s independence and rights is one of the most debated topics in the contemporary world. Women hold a significant position in the society but...

A seemingly small but significant incident has served a timely warning to the United States that it should neither over-estimate Indian security commitment against...

After the arrival of third wave of Coronavirus in Pakistan, things have worsened to a larger extent. Even though the vaccines for COVID-19 have...

The writer talks about the revitalization of one of the most important institutions for policymaking in Pakistan, the Planning Commission. He talks about how the policies of the past have left the commission futile and he discusses the steps in which the revitalization could be brought about, and its results.

Imran Khan is increasingly toeing the footsteps of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in latter’s last days by adopting a two pronged strategy, i.e. the right...

Few days back, the apex court of Pakistan ordered restoration of the local government institutions in Punjab, declaring their dissolution as unconstitutional. The court...