Tag: General
Trump considers firing daughter & son-in-law
News Analysis | Trump has ‘mused’ of Jared and Ivanka leaving the white house, according to a report by the Washington post. The report came against...
North Korea calls UN chief ‘henchman’ of the US
AFP | North Korea on Thursday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of being a "kind of henchman who is representing the United States" after the...
Shehbaz to rule Pakistan next: Musharraf
News Analysis | Former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf predicted that PML-N will win the upcoming general elections in 2018 and PPP will win the...
UN Secretary General pays tribute to Asma Jahangir
AFP | The United Nations Secretary-General has paid tribute to Pakistan's "human rights giant" Asma Jahangir following her death by cardiac arrest at the weekend,...
Taxes should be reduced on mobile phone scratch cards: Senate Committee
News Analysis | Senate Select Committee on Information Technology thinks that percentage of tax collection on mobile phone scratch cards should be reduced. Currently various...
Prime suspect in Asma rape and murder case caught
News Analysis | The prime suspect in four-year-old Asma’s rape and murder case has been arrested by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Wednesday. The...
PIA confused between Emirates and Etihad privatization offers
News Analysis | The government will try to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) before general elections due this year, privatisation minister Daniyal Aziz said, as...
Pentagon Chief Statement hints division of Syria
News Analysis | Russian and US forces have been communicating across the "deconfliction line" in Syria despite glitches, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters...
How should Pakistan respond to Trump’s Afghan policy?
Abdul Rahim | On August 21, 2017, President Trump announced Afghan policy and warned the U.S enemies that “no place is beyond the reach of...
Census 2017: Over 10,000 transgender population in Pakistan
News analysis | The recognition of more than 10,000 trans genders as an equal and separate community in the country’s sixth census in 2017 is...
A policy in search of a strategy
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | After endless deliberations, bickerings, and dithering, President Trump got the cat out of the bag; the new South Asia policy...
NRO: What it was and what it became?
Saleem Akhtar Malik l National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) stands prominently in the cliché ridden Pakistani society. Unmindful of the grammatical connotations, our political jargon has...
New Afghan Policy – Implications for Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Pakistan is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Trump administration’s new Afghan policy – likely to be made public shortly....
Can Raheel Sharif help to improve tense relations between Saudis and...
James M. Dorsey | Controversy and uncertainty over the possible appointment of a Pakistani general as commander of a 40-nation, Saudi-led, anti-Iranian military alliance dubbed...
How terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan are posing threat to Pakistan’s viability?
Jan Achakzai| How Afghan sanctuaries are threatening stability in Pakistan and wider region can be seen from the recent wave of terrorist incidents: Lahore attack,...