Undoubtedly, the DG ISPR’s latest press conference has dealt a devastating blow to former prime minister Imran Khan.  Maj Gen...

On April 14, 2018, COAS, General Qamar Javed Bajwa uncharacteristically expressed his desire to normalise relations with India. “It is...

Is Pakistan’s military establishment neutral in the ongoing political crisis in the country? The problem with answering this question is...

A specter of General Ziaul Haq is haunting Pakistan’s political and constitutional system again. Zia wanted to establish a supra...

On August 20, 2008, two missiles fired from a US drone killed eight people in Wana, South Waziristan. This was...

It is a widely believed myth in Pakistan that Henry Kissinger threatened Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to make a “horrible example”...

Allama Iqbal was convinced that an elected parliament could perform the function of Ijtihad (creative interpretation of Islamic law) in...

Historically, the Pakistan military establishment has been anti-democracy. They have maintained that politics and politicians impact national interests of Pakistan...

The biggest news story that an investigative reporter could work on is to dig out facts behind the revolt within...

People of Gwadar are proud of their Baloch identity but they have been disgruntled by the latest developments in their...

In the last four years, Chinese, Russians and Iranians have expressed interest in building close cooperation with Pakistan’s security establishment....

Pakistani politicians, especially the incumbent ones, are seemingly fond of projecting themselves as victims of international conspiracy. Previously Prime Minister...

Political governments in Pakistan are an aberration and not a norm. There is no continuous involvement of civilian governments in...

The echo of “We need Russia in Afghanistan” is reverberating in Islamabad. Almost like a misinformed cliché used by the...

The American ruling classes’ fantasies and political imagination about the advent and persistence of a uni-polar World after the demise...

As per media reports, Prime Minister Imran Khan will leave for Moscow on an official visit during the current weak....

Islamabad is once again in the grips of sleazy rumours and stories. This is nothing new in Pakistan’s federal capital—also...

In the five following decades since 1979 our region has witnessed six insurgencies and the corresponding militarisation that comes with...

Whether anyone likes it or not, Pakistan’s security interests are intrinsically tied up with the Afghan Taliban at several levels....

There are reasons to believe that the establishment is disillusioned with more than just Prime Minister Imran Khan — their...

Just like our political institutions, our military structures and military and strategic thought is a product of Cold War compulsions....

For some it is an adventure, and therefore they don’t desist from throwing their punches in public. For others, it...

The Afghan Taliban’s appeal for food assistance appeared to have been made in desperation. But the world must listen. This...

Pakistan’s Islamist and India’s secular experiments both turned out to be failures. In the case of Pakistan, the modernist form...

Don’t insult the prime minister. And don’t undermine his/her political and administrative authority. No matter who occupies the position, the...

In the post-Musharraf period, Pakistani politicians have been behaving as if they are revolutionaries. Their self image as political radicals...