Winter is coming in Afghanistan but will it bring peace?
Imran Jan | The Taliban’s unchanged demand has been for the foreign occupation forces to leave. Late last year, Trump announced reducing the 14,000 American...
Curbs on Media-Dawn editorial
Imran Jan | Dawn newspaper editorial on December 14, 2018, is quite interesting. At the outset, I must suggest to the writer of the Editorial...
Why Pakistan needs a ‘Private Army’?
Zeeshan Munir | The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry...
Three foreign policy opportunities for Pakistan: PTI Government needs to cash?
Jan Achakzai | Pakistan has this rare opportunity in its foreign policy and geo-strategic battle space to capitalize on that has perhaps never been seen...
Where is Reham Khan?
Farah Adeed | The Sociology of Marriage offers interesting accounts to understand what does marriage mean? Why do we get married? What are the social implications...
Balochistan and its fate in CPEC
M Bilal Abdul Ghani | Ignorance over ignorance would be disastrous for this country and we should learn lessons from mistakes of history like Fall...
Afghanistan: Withdrawal controversy – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The United States military establishment did not appreciate President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw half of the more than 14,000...
A path towards peaceful Afghanistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Donald Trump’s contentious plan to withdraw roughly half of the United States troops stationed in Afghanistan by the end...
All is not well in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | Monitoring has proven to be the most effective tool of modern management. In performance reviews past events are discussed, real-time...
Learning from Vietnam’s economic experience -I- Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | The PM often advises the people to become the ‘shaheen’ (or eagle) of Iqbal (the national poet), occupying the heights in...
No Big (IMF) Deal!
Dr. Omer Javed | In a recent interview of BBC’s Hard Talk, the Finance Minister (FM) was told by the anchor person that his government...
Saudi Arabia and the West’s right wing: A dubious alliance – James Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined...