Analysis

New Delhi’s challenges and opportunities in Kabul after 2014 

Professor Hamza Alavi's writings forced Umair Javed to re-evaluate biases, indoctrinations, and myths regurgitated as facts

Until Pakistan acts decisively against homegrown enemies, innocent Aitzaz Hasans will continue to die in the fatal embrace of suicide...

America's nation-building experiment in Afghanistan is ending. What comes next?

A series of speech contests arranged by Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi will promote peace and tolerance

The state's tepid response to a renewed terrorist onslaught is a recipe for disaster

In the second part of his analysis of violence in the tribal areas, Prof Ijaz Khan speaks about the disconnect...

In the first part of an essay about his recent trip to Pakistan, Akbar S. Ahmed describes the country's security...

A spate of assassinations in and around Quetta may be connected

Begum Akhtar (October 7, 1914- October 30, 1974) was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra and Thumri. Her good...

The policy of appeasing the Taliban has failed, and the government is running out of time

The cowardly Taliban cannot replace our heroes, revered for courage and chivalry 

Pakistan celebrates the bravery of a young hero, but in his house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is still grief

Pakistan's counterterrorism policy will fail without drastic improvement in prosecution   

There are no easy ways for the government to cover its fiscal deficit

Known for his contribution to modern education, the reclusive Fethullah Gulen is being accused by the Turkish prime minister for...

In the first part of his analysis of violence in the tribal areas, Prof Ijaz Khan defines the concept of...

The story of Karachi's most feared policeman

The story of the ouster of NADRA chairman Tariq Malik

Maulana Azad on the question of mass conversions in India

The new energy policy may bring some respite, but loadshedding will not end until 2020

The finance minister's agenda for 2014 is businessman friendly, but not business friendly

Dr Raza Jafri was killed for being Shia, long before 9/11

Amidst conflicting global interests in the region, economy and security are Pakistan's key challenges this year

The worst enemy of the PML-N is the PML-N itself

The killing of a reporter on the first day of 2014 is a stark reminder of threats faced by journalists...