The Islamic State’s trap for Europe
ahsanBy Harleen Gambhir Last week, President Obama said that the Islamic State is “ contained ” in Iraq and Syria, but the group's attacks in Paris soon afterward showed that…
Embarrassing and dumb
By James J Zogby “When I entered the prime minister's office for my second term, I was summoned to Washington. 'Not one brick', they told me… The pressure from the…
Living in pitiless times – Baghdad, Beirut and Paris
By Vijay Prasha A week of horrible carnage bomb blasts in Beirut and Baghdad and then the cold-blooded shootings in Paris. Each of these acts of terror left dead bodies…
China’s pacific overtures
By Simon Winchester The dangerous game of chicken now being played out in the South China Sea, with American warships sailing provocatively close to a clutch of new-made Chinese islands,…
Road map for China’s 2020 vision
By Pepe Escobar Everybody's doing the Shisanwu. Well, at least hundreds of millions of Chinese are. Here's the pop version; call it the new Chinese five-year plan for dummies. You…
Remembering the Brave
Kashif MirzaPakistan is a resilient nation that takes pride in its resolve. Pakistan has been tested many times. It has been pressurized, threatened, and isolated by the world for the crime…
Start of CPEC witnesses socio-economic activities in Balochistan
Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said social and economic activities have started in Balochistan along with the roads being constructed there as part of…
The army’s call for accountability
By Saeed Malik There are many definitions of Democracy. One of these which hits the mark is that Democracy is a system of government which holds the rulers accountable. Another…
JFK’s forgotten CIA crisis
During a spectacular dinner at Mount Vernon, Kennedy pressed Pakistan's leader for help with a sensitive spy operation against China. The magic of the Kennedy White House, Camelot, had settled…
Putting US forces onto sovereign Syrian territory, is an act of war
By Patrick J. Buchanan The United States is being sucked into a new Middle East war,” says The New York Times. And the Times has it exactly right. Despite repeated…
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