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Early in the morning of June 22, an orchestrated coup attempt was made against the executive leadership of Amhara Regional Government of Ethiopia, north of Addis Ababa. A “hit squad”…
Till the Islamic revolution in Iran in March 1979, Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi was a strategic partner of USA and was lionized as the policeman of the Persian Gulf.…
Pakistan’s strained relations with India-Afghanistan Pakistan’s bilateral relations with its eastern and western neighbors severely deteriorated after Narendra Modi led BJP took over power in June 2014. From 2015 onwards…
“India for some time has always used Afghanistan as a second front, and India has over the years financed problems for Pakistan on that side of the border.” Ex-American Defense…
Mini-minds ruled Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam MA Jinnah had dwarfed the political giants of the Indian Congress and had defeated the Hindu-British intrigues due to his extraordinary leadership qualities and matchless character…
Last week I received a beautiful message from Munawwar Rana, who left Allahabad and migrated to Pakistan. It contained the feelings of a refugee (like me) who left what now…
Several PTI ministers and members of Parliament have conveyed their disapproval to President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan over the government’s latest move of filing presidential reference…
Like the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Saqib Nisar, chairman NAB Mr Justice (rets) Javed Iqbal also relishes being in the news for all the wrong reasons. As…
PAKISTANIS like to describe the times they are living in as tense. Still, some stretches are more tense than others. Such as the period we are going through right now.…
Even well-established electoral systems do not ensure continuity. This happened in the Indian general elections of 2014 when Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the western state of Gujarat to which…
Today, I would like to tell you about some of the great deeds of our air force heroes. They have served Pakistan gallantly many times over, the most recent occasion…
The presidential form of government can’t be introduced here even through a constitutional amendment as the Supreme Court in its past different rulings has already declared “parliamentary form of government”…
No one can kill a story by killing a journalist. Many slain journalists often became story of courage and bravery after their murder. Guillermo Cano is one of them. He…
Pakistan has four neighbours — Afghanistan, China, India and Iran. Following the country’s borderline, this way of looking at Pakistan’s immediate neighbourhood leaves a gap: the Line of Control, or…
Ensuring rule of law and upholding sanctity of the Constitution is as imperative for the rulers as it is for the opposition parties. In a democratic dispensation the ruling party…
A retired federal secretary and FBR former chairman M Iqbal Farid is fighting his case both in the apex court and with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Bureau’s high…
There are billions of people on earth connected through a network of humanity, compassion and care. Dormant but thankfully much less visible are the base instincts of violence and the…
“The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because most nations are deceived about…
I was in Karachi recently. It is always very pleasant for me to be there as it is my city. My mother, four brothers, one sister, two sisters-in-law, one niece…
Prime Minister Imran Khan acted like a statesman while dealing with the latest Indian aggression and responding to it with the sole objective of achieving peace without compromising on the…
Though the Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has released Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan as a “peace gesture” to India, unfortunately there is no de-escalation in tension between India and…
The February 14 Pulwama blast has turned out to be truly a defining moment in relations between India and Pakistan in more ways than one. The perspective canvas of the…
THERE is no greater chill in this world than that provided by the prospect of war. We tend to forget this as we go about fighting the little battles of…
Miracles can happen – and that too in various forms. Sometimes they occur without warning while on other occasions we have to wait and pray for them for a long…
In a major successful operation, Pakistan’s elite intelligence agency has dismantled an international spying network that was created here comprising certain officials serving in the country’s security establishment. Informed sources…
Change is inevitable – it affects people as well as countries. What Pakistan is today is not what it was in 1947, the time of its birth; or what it…
Ever since the announcement by the PTI government to establish a new regulatory authority for media with the nomenclature of Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority by replacing all the existing ones,…
A ray of hope was raised in the last month of 2018 for peace in Afghanistan. This ray of hope can become a beacon of light in 2019 if the…
In the backdrop of revelations about fake bank accounts and money laundering, the JIT formed by the chief justice on 5th September has submitted its report which unravels mind-boggling details…
New Year is upon us. 2018 had been a tumultuous year for Pakistan. It was like a live volcano continuously rumbling with potentially destructive eruptions, everyone was on its wit’s…
