Pakistan must maintain ties with neighbours to become self-sufficient
Mahnoor Saleem | Since last August, air was patently cold between Washington and Islamabad because it was then for the first time, when President Trump...
Media hype is not going to last much longer!
Junaid Ali Malik | Such a reprehensible act happened again in Kasur. Child sexual abuse is rising. Zainab lost her life and the tragedy pointed...
Iran protests expose leadership flaws in Muslim world
James M Dorsey | If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated economic and political problems, they also laid bare Saudi Arabia’s...
What changes will the Iran protests lead to?
Nader Habibi | A series of urban uprisings in Iran that began on Dec. 28 in its second-largest city shocked the country’s Islamic regime, as well...
Pakistan must employ strong defence policy to deal with US
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Since the (in-)famous President Donald Trump tweet, the Pakistani ruling elite has been ensuring the nation that they are vigilant...
How similar are the US and the former British Empire?
Jacob G Hornberger | Over the holidays, I began watching a Netflix/BBC series entitled The Last Post, which revolves around a contingent of British troops in the...
Saudi women attend first public event with their families
James M Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer fans this week attend...
Trump’s Pakistan crisis presents opportunity for Putin
Shahid Raza | Sitrep The first thing the Republican US President Donald Trump did to start his new year was to open a cannon of...
Afghanistan – A view from Pakistan
K. Hussan Zia | President Trump and his cohorts are accusing Pakistan of perfidy for taking $33 billion in aid from the U.S and not...
Trump’s outrageous rhetoric may have scared N. Korea to talks
AFP | US President Donald Trump's notoriously threatening rhetoric towards nuclear-armed North Korea -- which has drawn comparisons with Richard Nixon's "madman theory" of diplomacy...
Is society responsible for Zainab tragedy?
Shiffa Yousafzai |Â There is so much on my mind since last night that I can't decide where to start from. I couldn't stop myself...
Little Zainabs will continue to be raped, murdered & dumped on garbage till…
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | As I write these lines, large crowds in Kasur, a historic city near Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab are...