Sharif Corruption knows no bounds
 Ikram Sehgal | The Nawaz Sharif episode shows that pervasive corruption has not only acquired respectability in a perverse manner in Pakistan but left to...
Will Nawaz learn a democratic lesson from Zardari?
News Analysis | On Thursday, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had to face embarrassment when Pakistan People Party's (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari rejected his...
India fumes over release of Hafiz Saeed
News Desk | India on Thursday expressed "outrage" at Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's imminent release from house arrest in Pakistan,...
Pakistan withdraws from Chinese dam building deal. What does this mean for the future of CPEC?
James M. Dorsey | In a rare challenging of Chinese commercial terms that underlie the country’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, Pakistan and Nepal have...
Army to follow government’s directives on the sit-in but what will happen next?
News Analysis | The Pakistan Army has said it will adhere to whatever the government will decide to do regarding solving the stand-off with religious protestors...
Will India grant political asylum to Brahumdagh Bugti?
News Analysis | Leader of the proscribed Baloch Republican Party (BRP), Brahumdagh Bugti was dealt a severe blow when the Swiss government rejected his request...
Pakistan welcomes Gen. Nicholson’s offer to target Tehreek-e-Taliban
News Analysis | On Wednesday, Islamabad welcomed the US offer of targeting the hideouts of the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a group that is using Afghan soil to...
“Till Death Do Us Part”: A Military Wife’s Story
Aisha Saeed | It was 12 at midnight. Sara sat drowsily on the sofa with the phone by her side. Never had she waited this...
Sino-Pak Relations: Our Economic Prowess is the Key
Mudassir Saeed Laghari | In the autumn of 1793, George Macartney, the leader of the first British diplomatic mission to China, met Chinese Qianlong Emperor....
Pakistani Officer Embraces Martyrdom in the Line of Duty
News Analysis | On Wednesday, Major Ishaq attained martyrdom while succumbing to injuries after being fired upon by terrorists in Tehsil Kulachi of District Dera...
Can PTI make Pakistan a welfare state?
Dr. Farid A Malik | Kaptaan has made a firm commitment that his Naya Pakistan will be a welfare state. In the sixties, Zulfiqar Ali...
Sharifs Appear in Accountability court after yesterdays boost in the Assembly
News Analysis | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law, Capt.Safdar appeared in the accountability court on Wednesday as the trial...