Recognizing Israel, what will it mean for Pakistan?
The foremost challenge for a newly independent state is to seek its sovereignty. The prevailing Westphalian system spells out that a state needs to...
PCGCs take over, Karandaaz seems to have forgotten basic fundamentals
In their ambition to grab PCGC, those pushing to convert GoP grant to equity in favour of Karandaaz have forgotten the basic fundamentals of...
Facebook and Twitter silence Trump: Nothing done to curb violence and lies in South Asia?
On January 8th, Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account after an internal review. The American microblogging service claimed that the president’s tweets posed...
The Seeds of Governance Destruction are Hidden in the CSS Exam itself
The seeds of governance destruction are hidden in the CSS exam itself. An examination, in which more than 80% of candidates fail in ‘Essay’...
The controversial takeover of PCGC by Karandaaz
Government of Pakistan (GoP) has rightly paused to re-think its decision of a recently approved sale of majority shareholding in state-owned Pakistan Credit Guarantee...
Op-ed: Looking back at Salman Taseer’s killing
As if driven by intuition, only a few days before Mumtaz Qadri gunned him down at Kohsar Market in the heart of the federal...
New JF-17 Thunder fighter jets enhance PAF’s strike capabilities
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) offensive and defensive proficiency has been supplemented with the induction of 14 new JF-17 Thunder Block-III fighter jets. The timing...
PML-N’s ‘Jaag Punjab’ slogan shouldn’t be taken lightly
The Freemasons Hall of Democracy located on 33 Davis Road Lahore has produced many marvels to detract the democratic order in the country, the...
Op-ed: Pakistani politics may be more banal than its analysts make it out to be
Authors: Marzia Raza and Muhammad Salman Aqil Shah’s latest piece in Foreign Affairs twists publicly available information on Pakistan’s recent political history and civil-military relations...
Why is Balochistan becoming an epicenter of militancy?
In a senseless attack, a group of militants attacked and killed as many as 11 laborers working in remote coal mines in Balochistan in...
Nawaz-Maryam & Zulfikar-Benazir father daughter duos compared
In November 1967 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) launched his PPP in Lahore. During his mistrial he had wished to be buried here as he...
Op-ed: Pakistan has made its way in the world through cooperation, not dependance
The next four years define our foreign policy and our place in the world. Pakistan has also been able to balance between world powers...