The determination of Pakistan’s defence budget should be guided by a mathematical, data-driven approach. This approach should rest on three pillars: optimising limited resources, quantifying threats, and balancing strategic trade-offs.…
ANY military campaign must have clearly defined objectives, and Israel said its main aim of starting a war with Iran, through its ongoing massive air attacks with tacit backing from US and…
A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of US hostages killed by Islamic State in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a…
BOLLYWOOD is predictable; emotions, music, patriotism, villain, repeat. But now and then, Indian alt-cinema breaks through the noise and delivers razor-sharp content. Paatal Lok, a crime thriller on Amazon Prime…
Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday announced allocation of 333 additional medical and dental seats for students from Balochistan and the former Fata. The announcement was made during a…
Pakistan is experiencing an escalating water crisis, driven by rapid population growth, climate change and mismanagement of resources. The country has witnessed an astonishing population surge, increasing from 60 million…
Who would have guessed that well into his third term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch a charm offensive toward India's poverty-stricken Muslims? Well, it has begun as 32,000…
Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were alarmed…
TIMING is everything, especially in politics. Mistiming can be fatal, as three recent leaders, now out of power, have learned. In October 1999, PM Mian Nawaz Sharif decided to remove…
IS leadership about oratory, rabble-rousing, long marches, or dharna in our context? Although political campaigns worldwide rely on debating ability, so do debating societies; these are forums for expanding discourse.…
