Nawaz & Maryam conviction: Has NAB set the stage for a good appeal?

Khurram Saeed | Maryam Nawaz - daughter of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and till Aug 2017 the most powerful woman in Pakistan - thunders from...

‘Powerless NPT’ fails to denuclearize the world

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The landmark Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on July 1, 2018. Theoretically, it remains committed to riding...

Rising tides of intolerance and Hindu extremism in India

Taimur Khan | In the words of Col. (R) Gurnam Singh, an ex-Indian Army officer and renowned security analyst, "there is a profoundly disquieting myth...

Pakistan’s financial crisis puts OBOR in jeopardy

James M Dorsey | Increased Pakistani dependence on China to help it avert resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid a financial and...

Modi’s India exposed: Hindu extremism seeps into universities

Merwah Qureshi | India is going through the dark age of extremism and fanaticism. With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the center the Hindutva...

Post-Avenfield case scenario: Jinnah’s message for Imran Khan

Farah Adeed | “You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other...

Is NAB becoming effective again?

Ikram Sehgal | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) came into existence on 16 Nov 1999. Simultaneously Special Investigation Wings (SIWs)were raised from the ISI to...

Pakistan’s democracy test: An Indian view

Subhajit Naskar | As the day of General election approaches Pakistan, the face-off between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and state institutions is intensifying....

Is Nawaz ready to concede in the game of thrones?

Waqas Shabbir | PML-N’s power in Punjab is dwindling. NAB is sending repeated notices to members of ‘House of Sharif’. Unfavorable caretaker CM Punjab is...

How politicians use media to win elections?

Samra Saeed | 2018 General Elections of Pakistan are round the corner. All political parties have started to decorate their stalls to sell dreams called...

Radicalization trends in South Asia

Asif Haroon Raja | Geo-strategic Importance of South Asia South Asia is house to around 1.5 billion people who represent one quarter of the world’s population....

Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem

James M Dorsey | A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more...