Iran in 2019: A SWOT Analysis
Abdul Rasool Syed | The Strengths One of Iran’s key strengths is its geography. It is ideally located between Middle East and Central Asia, with access...
Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?
Caitlin Byrne | The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another striking show...
South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle ‘hidden hunger’
Brittany Kesselman | South Africa faces a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs), on the other....
Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous water
Robert McCabe | The latest attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman have once again highlighted the vulnerability of merchant ships crossing...
Ghulam Abbas saved: CJP stays execution of mentally-Ill prisoner
News Desk | Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, ordered a stay on the execution of a mentally-ill convict, Ghulam Abbas, who...
Modi on a mission to win Eurasia
M K Bhadrakumar | The Bishkek Declaration, issued after the summit meeting (June 14-15) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation devotes one sentence praising China’s Belt and...
Pakistan’s cursed losing streak continues
Saad Rasool | For just a moment, it is time to put aside the rollercoaster ride that is Pakistani politics. For just this moment, let...
Model Town Case: Inevitable need to reform system
Jaweria Waheed | The incident that happened 5 years ago has a lot to explain about the fallouts of the rotten system we are sailing...
Only 28 references pending before SJC: Supreme Court
News Desk | Supreme Court spokesman clarified on Saturday that only 28 cases, including the two presidential references against the superior court judges, were pending...
Why tolerate opposition’s false narrative of “select” government”?
Jan Achakzai | Turning countrymen against the government through false accusations and defamation etc, how much can be justified under the title of “Free Speech”? Stealing...
SCO summit: Inflection point for Indian diplomacy – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | When India applied for SCO membership or when observers like myself felt elated when India was finally admitted into the grouping...
Smog over Pakistan’s horizon – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Mini-minds Ruled Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam MA Jinnah had dwarfed the political giants of the Indian Congress and defeated the Hindu-British intrigues because of...