Pakistan Day The other 99 percent of the Pakistan story
ahmed sabirBy Riaz Haq As Pakistanis celebrate the 78th anniversary of the Lahore Resolution of 1940 on March 23 this year, it's time to ask the following questions: How is Pakistan…
Baloch separatist leader defects in Moscow, blames India for hijacking struggle
Dr. Jumma Marri Baloch, a prominent leader of the Baloch independence movement and designer of the separatist flag, recently renounced his decades-long campaign against Pakistan while attending a Pakistani Unity…
Pakistani military’s conventional deterrence Against India’s cold start doctrine
By Riaz Haq It is widely assumed that India enjoys substantial conventional military superiority over Pakistan. Many speculate that the difference between the conventional military strengths of the two South…
Sino – Japan relations
The bilateral relations between the world's two leading economies have undergone a drastic paradigm shift in last couple of years; the issues of contention that long characterised the relations between…
The grey list failure
By Atta-Ur-Rahman Pakistan faced an enormous foreign policy failure recently when it was placed on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering watchdog.…
Hard choices ahead for a ‘Soft State’
By Munir Akram In his well-researched book, “A Hard Country”, Anatol Lieven attributed Pakistan's survival from persistent internal and external crises to the extraordinary resilience of Pakistan's people and society.…
Keeping Pakistan’s nukes safe
Pakistan has always been a responsible member of the IAEA, adopting several safety legislation and maintaining a high level of security By Beenish Altaf Pakistan has very recently conveyed to the…
Pakistan – befriending Putin’s Russia
Pakistan needs an out of the box solution, an innovative diplomatic move that allows it to maintain relations with both sides without facing any existential threats By Imran Khushal Pakistan…
Harking back ‘Invisible hero’ who walked through fire to save Lahore
By Majid Sheikh Over half a century ago - the year was 1967 - the massive Lahore Cantonment Ammunition Depot just east of the airport experienced a huge fire that…
US sanctions seven Pakistani firms for ‘nuclear trade’
The Trump administration has added seven Pakistani companies to a list of foreign entities that presumably pose a significant risk to the national security and policy interests of the United…