Doctor-in-law syndrome makes MBBS degree new dowry

Over 2,200 doctors, nurses, and technicians have already gone into self-isolation and dozens of doctors and paramedics have laid down their lives facing the...

Ways Covid-19 can accelerate development in Pakistan

Human health and wellbeing have never seemed more essential to economic development than they are today. In the midst of a global pandemic, I am...

Justice Qazi Faez Isa reference: Supreme Court in a fix?

A dialogue from the movie "Scent of a woman" captivated my imagination in the coming years and decades. The gritty retired colonel on one...

False flag attempt in Jammu and Kashmir by India

On May 28 this year, media in India reported the security forces in the Pulwama district of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) had...

Indo-China tensions: US interests & regional implications

On June 15, Sino-Indian tensions spiked with the killing of 20 soldiers during a confrontation in the Galwan Valley-- the mountainous region of Ladakh....

How to end prevailing deadlock in Afghanistan

The release of 3,000 Taliban prisoners by President Ashraf Ghani’s administration has generated optimism about the long-delayed intra-Afghan peace talks, with the Taliban announcing...

Covid-19: A multifaceted challenge

In the initial days of the First World War, it was believed that the war was going to be short and decisive. Many prominent...

A country marred by corruption

As a political activist, I could never imagine that one day political resistance would intermingle with corruption. In the Ayub era, the political ‘dark...

How can Pakistan and India cooperate on COVID 19?

It is said that crisis brings out the best in the human race, then the COVID-19 pandemic presents an excellent opportunity for both India...

What makes Syria one of the most lucrative destination for China

Mohammed Jarah and Ahmad Bustati’s warehouse in Damascus symbolized the emergence of China as the largest supplier of industrial and consumer goods to Syria...

War in Libya and Syria getting out of control!

Europe’s headaches just got worse. Its efforts to contain wars on its doorstep in Libya and Syria have failed at a moment that Europe...

How Germany restored civilian supremacy: Ludendorff and Kapp Putsch

A century ago, on 13 March 1920, a far-right coup d'etat was implemented against the nascent Weimar Republic, known as the Kapp Putsch, which...