All the euphoria in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) circles after Imran Khan's recent visit to the US may prove premature, misplaced over-optimism, and failure to discern the true meaning or essence of the so-called 'reset' in US-Pakistan ties. No one in

The terrorist attack in D I Khan on July 21, 2019 reinforces this writer's repeated cautions since the military campaigns against terrorist groups in erstwhile FATA in 2016 that the terrorist hydra has been rocked back, expelled from Pakistani soil (to Af

Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered the setting up of a probe commission to look into the Reko Diq debacle in the case filed against Pakistan by the Tethyan Copper Company Pty Ltd (TCC) before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disput

Maryam Nawaz's press conference in Lahore on July 6, 2019 has driven a coach and six through the accountability process. A video was aired at the press conference purportedly showing Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik in conversation with Nasir Butt,

The polity is still in the grip of flux and uncertainty despite almost a year since the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government took office. First and foremost of course is its dismal handling of the economy, which clearly seems headed south, with more

Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz at Jati Umra on June 16, 2019 on the latter's invitation. The two had earlier met in Islamabad at Bilawal's Iftar dinner. Th

As these lines are being written, the Islamabad High Court has rejected Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur's plea for extension of bail in the fake accounts case. Theoretically, this clears the way for their arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Eleven opposition parties met at an Iftar (breaking fast) dinner in Islamabad at Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's residence on May 19, 2019. If Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had had his way

The attack on the Pearl Continental (PC) hotel in Gwadar, Balochistan on May 11, 2019 has opened up a whole can of worms and raised troubling questions about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the continuing low-level nationalist insurgency and

Casting an eye over the current national landscape proves an unsettling experience. Good news is hard to find, if not conspicuous by its absence. Nevertheless, for the sake of clarity and hopefully some benefit for the readers, here goes.

Our establishment appears stubbornly to be clinging to its long held notions that civilian elected governments, civilian supremacy, and other basic principles of a democratic polity cannot be 'afforded' by the national security state that it has helped cr

Despite the controversies surrounding the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's (PTI's) 'victory' in the 2018 elections, this may not turn out to be what this government is likely to be remembered by. If anything, it will be remembered for its inept and disastrous

The divided Arab leaders of the 22-country Arab League (AL) met in Tunis on March 31, 2019 to paper over the cracks in its membership and condemn unanimously the US decision to recognize Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights. This annexation, flyin

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has taken notice of the latest incident of the abduction, forced conversion and marriage to the abductors of two Hindu teenaged girls from Sindh. This is hardly the first case of this kind. Over the years, and particularly t

While Pakistan and the world reel in shock, horror, condemnation and mourning for the barbaric massacre of Muslims at Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019, the people of Pakistan could be forgiven for arguing they have far more to

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Thankfully, the turn from belligerency towards relative de-escalation seems to have set in between Pakistan and India. The current crisis in relations between the two South Asian neighbours was triggered by the Pulwama suicide attack that killed 44 Indian

The current tensions between Pakistan and India in the wake of the Pulwama suicide attack that killed 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel are following a familiar pattern. India, relying on the claim of responsibility by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM

The world is watching with bated breath the drama playing out in Venezuela. Can Nicolas Maduro's government/presidency survive the onslaught of the US-led campaign for regime change? What are the factors that have led the once promising Chavista revolutio

January 27, 2019 media reports gave the impression that six days of talks in Doha, Qatar, between the US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban had all but delivered a peace deal for Afghanistan. The reports outlined the agreement as cons