The Taliban have been in power for almost 100 days; a timeline often used to test the nerve of governance. Since their storming into Kabul on August 15, on the heels of the world superpower’s exit, they have played their cards close…
Mutual suspicions, political ill-will and global pressure has kept them apart. From RCD to IPI pipeline, it is tale of broken promises
Pakistan-Iran relations have remained mired in half-hearted initiatives, coupled with misgivings and suspicions. Notwithstanding the fact that they share more…
Pakistan has evolved into two segments: the ultra-rich and the middle class
Are Pakistanis willing for a change is an irrelevant question! They have already voted for a manifesto of change, and keep their fingers-crossed to realise a New Pakistan. But the…
Public anxiety spiked as oil prices in Pakistan broke records multiple times over the last few weeks. The prices stand at the highest in the history of the country due to the devaluation of rupees and the high prices of crude oil…
The India that I used to visit in all humility as an academician, journalist and one who was eager to explore from where my ancestors dwelled is lost somewhere. What is today is a toxic state with a blushing sense of otherness,…
“From the pressure of all desolations faith gushes forth … we are entering a grave illumined by the dawn.” (Victor Hugo) Revolutions around the world have always been triggered by massive inequities and injustice. From the Set and Nubian revolutions in 2730…
East Asia is an economically integrated region. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is expected to come into force in January 2022, are reflective of region’s economic integration. The regional…
The Pakistan-US relationship is taking a new shape in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Political experts also believe that in the absence of any strategic convergence of interests other than counterterrorism cooperation, the US-China rivalry is likely to affect…
Islamabad nurses no regional designs. Its clout with China and Afghanistan should be taken as an asset in realpolitik.
Mark Twain, the greatest American humorist, said, “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” Though he lived and died before World…
Nurturing a new national narrative of Pakistan is up for debate these days. National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf brought to the fore its salient credentials, at a national conference recently, by illustrating that it has to be proactive, unapologetic and pragmatic.…