|
![]() |
![]() Muhammad Amir RanaDawn |
THE US is cautiously rebuilding its relationship with Pakistan, focusing on critical areas and communities considered vulnerable. The recent visit by...
THE recent cross-border infiltrations and operational strikes by terrorist networks operating from Afghanistan have raised concerns about the Afghan...
INITIALLY eager to see the Afghan Taliban take control in Afghanistan, Pakistan now grapples with unmet expectations. Two years on, issues like...
IT was not just an isolated incident of religious prejudice, a backlash to Islamophobia in the West, or a display of socioeconomic pressures on the...
THE PDM coalition government’s unprecedented legislation spree deserves space in the Guinness Book of World Records. A political party, some...
FOLLOWING last month’s terror blasts in KP, a police officer’s tears flowed at the funeral of his lost comrades. One can only imagine the strain...
THE member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation were displeased with India’s decision to host their 22nd summit virtually instead of in...
THE trilateral dialogue between China, Iran and Pakistan last month was a significant development following the Saudi Arabia-Iran peace deal...
PAKISTAN has been successful in pulling off a staff-level deal with the International Monetary Fund and securing a $3 billion stand-by arrangement....
THE prevailing political and economic instability in the country offers perfect conditions for terrorist networks to grow and strengthen themselves....
EDUCATED Baloch youth face an image problem in urban Pakistan, mainly in Punjab which controls the country’s sociopolitical narratives. Security...
THE May 9 riots will keep haunting the country’s political landscape for a long time. The investigation into what transpired and led to riots and...
IN the ongoing political crisis, Pakistan’s power elites have squandered the little space that was left for reconciliation. Another cruel phase of...
THIS week was another sad episode in Pakistan’s chequered history, when enraged PTI supporters stormed military and other state installations in...
ONE cannot think that Pakistan’s strategists do not recognise the policy objectives they tend to follow in Afghanistan. But they might keep these...
THE ongoing political crisis in the country is turning ugly and chaotic. It is slowly undercutting any trust or hope people still repose in the state...
THE Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the world’s second-largest Muslim-majority state and the self-declared fortress of Islam. It has the world’s...
PAKISTAN can take comfort in the decision taken by Iran and Saudi Arabia, after mediation by China, to restore diplomatic ties. Pakistan has long been...
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A...
JUST a week before the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, a high-profile delegation from Pakistan led by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif visited...
ALTHOUGH delayed once before, the all-parties conference (APC) called by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has now been deferred indefinitely. The...
FOLLOWING the withdrawal of US and Nato troops from Afghanistan, strategists in Washington felt they were being ‘betrayed’ by Pakistan. Apart...
PAKISTAN achieved significant success in its post-2014 counterterrorism drive against religiously motivated terrorist groups. With terrorist...
PAKISTAN needs a dream political party to steer the country out of its current crisis. A party that has the vision and ability to introduce reforms,...
THE Taliban regime in Afghanistan has started enforcing Sharia laws based on their own interpretation of the precepts of Islam. Pakistan is among...
WITH the Taliban having banned their education, Pakistan can allow Afghan female students to complete their degrees in Pakistan. This would allow the...
THE state institutions made a mistake by deciding to initiate peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The talks were doomed from the...