Is our democracy delivering? Are our institutions strong and independent and yet amenable to the civilian democratic control? The above are the live questions begging answers to some of the perennial issues blighting our politico-economic landscape. We need to introspect as to…

The significance of Pakistan as a transit route for Afghanistan is evident by the fact that major volume of imports to Afghanistan from countries with which it does not share a border, have been transiting through Pakistan. Islamabad and Kabul signed Afghanistan-Pakistan…

ISLAMABAD: October 8, is a painful reminder of the calamity inflicted upon the nation. The earthquake struck at 8:50 am with a Richter scale force of 7.6. The Brigade that I was commanding had suffered heavy casualties with massive damages to living…

With 13,000 deaths and practically every house rendered uninhabitable, the days after the first earthquake were the most tough for survival October 8th 2005 is a painful reminder of the calamity inflicted upon the nation. The earthquake had struck at 8.50 am…

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has been quite active during the past fortnight; when he addressed the UN General Assembly (UNGA), he held bilateral meetings with the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Indian diaspora in the US.…

Psychosocial trauma caused due to conflict or terrorism has deep seated impact on human psychology. It has been widely ignored as compared to material losses that are easily quantifiable. The impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) particularly, on the youth hailing from…

The Indian reaction to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 23 in New York was along predictable lines. The Kashmir dispute had suffered stalemate for the past decades when Prime Minister…

Kashmiris of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are being denied their right to live. Force, as well as legal weapons, are being employed to weaken the Kashmiri struggle for self-determination. Aaker Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International,…

There have been a series of exchanges between Pakistan and the United States in the past few weeks. Many questions are lingering, given the visible freeze in the bilateral relationship, especially after the withdrawal of the American and NATO troops from Afghanistan.…

The relations between Pakistan and the Taliban have hit a bumpy road during the past few weeks. The latest irritant has been the Taliban Acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob’s accusations that Pakistan allowed the use of its airspace by the Americans,…