Partying like it’s 1999
The breathless supporters of Prime Minister Imran Khan are easily duped by his exceptional oratory skills and his sincere expression of normal, everyday sentiments. Corruption is bad. Of course, it…
After ‘caliphate’ collapse, IS fighters head to Afghanistan
Islamic State fighters who waged a bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq are heading to Afghanistan to help plot "spectacular" attacks against America, a US official has told AFP. The…
Diplomatic footprints
Barack Obama's eight years in the White House (2009-2016) were marked by more downs than ups in Pak-US relations. The year 2011, in particular, saw the lowest point in a…
Pakistan deserves recognition
Pakistan’s progress in handling the threat of terrorism and curtailing it significantly is a success story in itself. With continuous efforts of security forces across the country and overcoming the…
An unsettling survey
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…
The IS-K challenge
MANY analysts had projected long before the Afghan Taliban takeover of Kabul that Afghanistan would become a major security and foreign policy challenge for Pakistan. While most in Pakistan are…
The Afghans are calling
“We have not seen this level of near-universal poverty in any country in recent history,” said Ms Kanni Wignaraja, assistant secretary of the United Nations Development Programme, last month, while…
Trump’s Afghan policy: a deliberate miscalculation
How can Americans get defeated in Afghanistan, and how can Pakistan win the war against terror? This is something the superpower is not digesting. That's why they are shifting blame…
Chickens coming home to roost
The anticipated uptick in Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist actions after the Taliban takeover of power in Afghanistan seems to have announced its arrival. Previously, we were just beginning to acknowledge…
A plethora of issues
Although Afghanistan currently looms large in the plethora of issues facing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government, its penchant for creating unnecessary conflicts that do not redound to its benefit is…
