BJP is in, what next?
After 30 years, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has again won the majority in the lower house of India's parliament and Narendra Modi will soon be sworn in as the new…
Elements of international trade law
International trade law is a complicated subject as it involves transnational transactions; it derives its sources from customary international law, international conventions, bilateral treaties, and multilateral treaties. These instruments of…
Viewpoint:A new chapter in Pak-Iran relations?
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is back from his two-day fence mending visit to Iran. Relations between the two neighbours have been strained because of some recent developments. Almost immediately upon…
EU, US in cautious lockstep on Russia sanctions
The United States has been moving cautiously in slapping sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, keen to keep its EU allies on board and avoid exposing fault lines within…
Trade and travel ties grow for Cubans, Cuban Americans
A rise in trade and travel is helping bridge a gulf that has divided Cubans from expats in Florida for more than half a century, experts said. Some experts say…
Our foreign policy after Modi
It is generally believed that rational human beings have a universal longing for peace. But artificial distinctions on the basis of religion and nationality keep the peoples of South Asia…
Soul of a nation
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" – Nelson Mandela. If that is true then the state of…
If wishes were horses…
One may not see eye-to-eye with seasoned politician Imran Khan when he says that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was treated like a schoolboy in India. Yet one may easily agree…
A complex matrix
A NUMBER of events in the last two weeks in the southern part of Fata and renewed militant attacks in northern Fata and the urban centres seem to have apparently…
Threat to Sino-Pak friendship
THE issue of terrorism remains at the heart of the world’s diplomatic, economic and strategic engagement with Pakistan. It invariably constrains Pakistan’s pursuit of economic, strategic and political interests. The…
