The Doctrine of Information War and Global Dynamics

Merwah Qureshi | With the evolution of the world the warfare technologies have also evolved. Gone are the days when states used to have conventional...

High Time for Afghan Government to Put Its Own House in Order First

Merwah Qureshi | Pakistan not only shares a porous 2430-km border with Afghanistan but the cultural, religious and extended familial ties also link these two...

NAB vs Shahbaz – The Ultimate Royal Rumble! – Maleeha Hashmey

Maleeha Hashmey | One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability. When it comes to power and accountability, people often demand the former for themselves and...

Pakistani poker: Playing Saudi Arabia against China – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fueled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing a...

Pakistan’s Financial Challenge: Where PTI went wrong?

Javed Hassan | It is difficult to argue with fact that today there's no alternative to Imran Khan, and he is the very embodiment of...

Religious harmony in a time of fear-James M Dorsey

James M Dorsey | This is a tough time for men and women of the cloth, at least those whose message is one of peace,...

Why you should read Riwayat-e-Falsafa by Ali Abbas Jalalpuri?

Farah Adeed | 'Our duty is carefully to watch the progress of human thought, and to maintain an independent critical attitude towards it.' (Dr. Muhammad Iqbal: The...

Police Service-Challenges and Reforms

Saud Bin Ahsen | In Pakistan, the words “police” and “reforms” seldom feature in the same sentence. In fact, most Pakistanis would say that they...

What is hybrid warfare? – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | Hybrid Warfare came to prominence in the 21st century, the “Age of Globalization” that has opened up many new technical and communication...

Celebrating surgical strikes that never happened- Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to overwhelm the opposition parties’ grilling over his illicit involvement in the 36 Rafale...

We filers are idiots? – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | A marked deterioration in the economy, a treasury on the verge of bankruptcy and huge levels of debt made fresh fiscal measures...

Reforming Public Service in Pakistan – I

Dr. Omer Javed | Overhauling Testing, Recruitment and Promotion Procedures Reform in public service, and within it civil service or bureaucracy, is much needed for better...