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...
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...
India desperately trying to mend fences with China: But why?
M K Bhadrakumar | Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hurried 36-hour visit to Singapore to attend the 13th East Asia Summit, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and...
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...
End of Zardari’s era: What is the way forward?
Farah Adeed | Pakistan is an interesting country where the ruling elite is among the richest individuals of the world but its masses are still...
Naya Pakistan, Imran, chaos, happiness, Saudis, xenophobia, riches, pigs and taxes; let 2019 begin!
Amer Zafar Durrani | Friends, foes, and people! Welcoming 2019 and leaving 2018 behind, I cannot think of a single event that mattered more than...
Export control of cyber-security software and tools
Afeera Firdous | Many computer security experts have celebrated the development of Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) in which it revised and added new export control rules...
Jinnah, the role model for young lawyersÂ
Abdul Rasool Syed | The world knows Jinnah as the founding father of one of the biggest Muslim countries of the world called Pakistan. His...