Modi’s Weibo diplomacy’ with Beijing comes to an end!

The common perception among Indian analysts, widely articulated in our media, is that the government’s options to ‘hit back’ at China for whatever has...

India is using its economic clout to buy friends in its fight against China

In his book The Age of the Economist, Daniel R. Fusfeld tells how economics governs our life today. In today’s market or quasi-market economies,...

Russo-Taliban ties: Did the Russians really offer bounty for the Americans?

The New York Times' latest fake news provocation alleging that Russia's military-intelligence agency GRU solicited the Taliban (officially designated as "terrorists" by Moscow) to...

Pakistan needs to address issues in Balochistan before its too late

“Balochistan”, also known as a neglected province of Pakistan, is also its largest province in terms of land area. Balochistan shares its borders with...

Guardians of Pakistan’s backdoor politics failed Pakistan!

Politics in the land of the pure has suffered due to backdoor entries. The list is long and painful, from the Chaudhrys of Gujrat...

Debunking the female voice behind Baloch missing persons

For the past few days, a plethora of videos and images of certain Baloch women have taken social media by storm. These women can...

India is raging a protracted hybrid war on Pakistan

Hybrid warfare in conflict studies is a developing but undefined concept, which utilizes unconventional approaches as part of multi-sphere warfighting tactics. These approaches are...

In the aftermath of PSX attack, follow this path to neutralise BLA

The killing of eight people in the militant attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on Monday has sent shock waves around...

West Bank annexation and its ramifications for Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annex parts of West Bank and the Jordan Valley into Israel starting July 1. His plan to...

In Pakistan, why are women the hardest hit by the pandemic?

On April 15, 2020, the UN Secretary-General took to Twitter to draw attention to the escalating domestic violence around the world following the coronavirus. Similarly,...

Elite private school in Lahore rocked by harassment scandal

This article discusses the recent cases of child abuse at an elite private school at Lahore. The author has suggested some precautionary measures to...

How BLA’s attack on PSX is scarier than it looks

With apologies to Ian Fleming for paraphrasing the title, terrorism is back again in Karachi. The attack by the banned BLA at the PSX...