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US plan to re-occupy Iraq faces Iraqi resistance

Iraqi VP gave the US a piece of his mind The US's longstanding project to push for an independent Kurdistan in the oil-rich regions of northern Iraq and Syria in…

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Qatar the next battle field

Over the past two years, Qatar has conducted over $86 billion worth of transactions in Chinese Yuan and signed several economic agreements with China. Is the Saudi-led crackdown on Qatar…

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Libya a breeding ground for militants

The country has a long history of exporting extremists. Libyans fought in Afghanistan against Soviet forces in the 1980s, with several veterans taking up key roles in al Qaeda in…

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The fall of Mosul is a defeat for ISIS, but it remains a deadly force

By Patrick Cockburn The movement was written off previously by overconfident adversaries in 2007 and 2011. It survived by lying low and waiting for the circumstances to turn once again…

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The US went into Afghanistan after 9/11 for the following objectives

By Saeed Mailk As sole hegemon it HAD to flex its muscles. It could not take 911 lying down. It wanted to restart the "Turkmenistan pipeline." After the defeat and…

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China makes Pakistan an offer it cannot refuse

A leg-up from an all-weather friend Western politicians as well as media are unhappy with the developing relationship between Pakistan and China so is every Indian and Israeli. What is…

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Make hay while the barn burns

By : Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani After the end of the Cold War, the US has invaded Iraq and Afghanistan; helped allies who attacked Libya and Yemen; and fuelled…

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Pakistan’s proudly double -dealing intelligence service

Pakistan's intelligence organization, known as Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has ensnared the U.S. in a double game for years. Operating in the shadows of the Pakistani “deep state”  a term used…

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Pakistan’s ‘Love us or else’ Strategy

A Hindu or an Indian author always has Ann anti Pakistan stance South Asian Indians are generally fair, not prejudiced By Aparna Pande As the Trump administration finalizes its policy towards…

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JIT digging for political dirt

By : General Mirza Aslam Beg The Supreme Court of Pakistan formed the JIT, comprising officers drawn from government institutions for digging the political dirt related to their elected Prime…

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