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...

Will positioning powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy secure Turkey’s place in new world order?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world...

Op-ed: Pakistan needs to declare national emergency on the development of its youth

This tale dates back to 1971 when a South-Asian country got independence from another South-Asian country. At the time of independence, she was regarded...

Op-ed: Is the OIC really doing its job?

On 21 August 1969, an Australian-born Christian Dennis Michael Rohan attempted to set fire to the Ancient Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The fire destroyed...