By Abdullah Mustafvi No one can deny that positive acceleration on CPEC is a major irritant for our enemy India and New Delhi can go to any limits to sabotage the project as long as trigger happy figures like Modi and Ajeet Doval hold the offices in decision making quarters. It will not be an exaggeration if we consider Balochistan as our soft belly under existing regional...

By Iqbal Khan Contemporary frenzy of exclusionism in India is not really a new phenomenon. Pakistan’s foreign founding fathers had well grasped its existence and irreversibility. Realisation of exclusionism as foundations stone of Hindu mythology was the main driving force for creation of Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure has set the exclusionism in full...

By Fazal Elahi Pakistan’s print and electronic media has, over the past more than a week, been rife with speculations pertaining to Pakistan being placed on the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Denials and assertions from relevant quarters, vis-à-vis this grave issue, too have been equally potent. To be able to better appreciate the crux of...

By Ehtisham Amir An old quote reads, “a lie gets half way around world while the truth is still tying its laces”. So true it is. And this adage is applicable in all spheres of life with equal ease. Be it our mundane human activity or be the highest form of statecraft. Goebbels is credited or accused of turning lies into an art of propaganda. Few countries are so fond...

By Sahibzada M. Saeed Second half 20th century has witnessed multiple transitions at structure level. 150 years old age of colonialism has ended. In post-colonial era various states has emerged. Decades long cold war started between two ideological rivals. The world has split into two blocks. Vietnam War, Arab-Israel conflict, civil wars in Africa and Latin America, Iran-Iraq...

By Asif Mehmood As we have discussed earlier that PMLN govt has perhaps adopted the policy to criticize the judiciary with malafide intent m now they are doing the same by wrong and flawed interpretations of the provisions of the Constitution. The writer is a bilingual columnist and a Talk Show host. He can be reached at asifislu@hotmail.com For...