The US “Mini-surge” in Afghanistan: Tough times ahead for Pakistan?
Jan Achakzai | Pakistan, Afghanistan and the world waits for the US to spell out clearly as to what their impending troop “mini-surge” aims to...
Talent and spirit running wild in this great country
Ikram Sehgal | Precariously making the cut for the eighth and final spot on the ICC ODI rankings, Pakistan came into the 2017 ICC Champions...
When and why terror groups synchronize or coordinate violent acts: Learning from June 23 attacks in Pakistan
Muhammad Feyyaz | When and why terrorists vary violence has been investigated adequately in extant terrorism literature. However, the question when and why terror groups...
Imran Khan: The icon of liberal nationalism in Pakistan
Nauman Sadiq l Although people often conflate democracy and liberalism, but there is a fine distinction between politics and culture; a democratic system of governance...
Choosing a new God: Our fascination with toeing lines
Zeeshan Shahid Khan | "Be not so blinded by patriotism, that you can't face reality." ~ Malcolm X 'In a nation state, whosoever doesn't agree with...
The modern Eid; how and why it changed.
Muhammad Azam | Eid-al-Fitr is upon us once again. For generations, it has been a time of celebrations and thanksgiving for Muslim communities but over...
Another setback for US in the neo Middle East
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The bloc of four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia that imposed an embargo against Qatar on June 5 has finally...
The Ummah : The fresh Princes of Bel Arabia and Muhammad Bin Salman
Haider Mehdi | King Salman, by elevating his son, the 31 years Mohammed Bin Salman, or MBS, as Crown Prince, may actually have signed MBS’s...
Breaking inertia on Kashmir
Saleem Akhtar Malik l The 1965 War Kashmir is simmering with a brazen homegrown resistance movement against the Indian state. Since last year, Kashmir is back...
Prince Salman: An outlier in the conservative state
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The royal decree of June 21 by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointing his son Mohammed bin Salman as the Crown Prince and next...
Ideological foundations and organizational structure of Islamic State
Nauman Sadiq | The fight against the much-dreaded ISIS is on with varying degrees of resolving and success.It becomes important to trace the ideological antecedents...
Realities of Internships in Pakistan
News Analysis | It's the time of the year when students from colleges and universities are either attending summer sessions to improve their grades or...