Newsweek, once among the top magazines of the US media landscape, is about to disappear from news-stands as the publication that provided weekly news analysis for generations of Americans transitions…
When the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) was inaugurated late last year, it was heralded by the world as the first step towards a new era of…
In an interview for an article about the machinations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) one of the Washington Post’s sources described it as “one helluva killing machine”. Then, according…
The New York Times’s chief Washington correspondent David Sanger’s books have stirred up quit an issue: “The Inheritance” for example has been a center of heated discussions among foreign policy…
From where I’m writing this, I have a clear view of Washington across the Potomac River. The sun’s out, and the air is crisp. I’m staying with friends who own…
The present flows from the past, and the future will emerge from the present. Syria’s sectarian war: The headline issue today and in the near future is likely to be…
December 27, 2012 marks the fifth death anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with great courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces - pushing Pakistan to…
In 1961, US vice president Lyndon B Johnson shook hands with camel-cart driver Bashir Ahmed during a state visit to Pakistan, patted his camel and said: “You come to Washington…
President Obama has scaled down the objectives of the war in Afghanistan as spelled out by the Bush administration. Washington now wants a political solution of the Afghan issue rather…
According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre, a Washington-based independent organisation, nearly 64 per cent of Pakistani men believe that a university education is more important for…
