SPOTLIGHT

Amid countless handicaps, the police personnel have been Pakistan’s first line of defence against an unprecedented terror threat. However, despite...

Various externally sanctioned projects of modernity to “improve” the Afghan ‘social condition’, ranging from those of land reforms and nationalisation,...

There are distinct similarities between the first Anglo-Afghan war and the present conflict, chief of which is that it was...

Many Pakistanis – and the world at large – have been wondering how a religious group has been agitating for...

The 9/11 2001 terrorist attacks ordered by Al-Qaeda on several targets representing American political, financial and military power are conventionally...

Tabassum Adnan was the target of a murder attempt. Unsubstantiated fatwas were issued against her. She was accused of spreading...

Terrorised by the Taliban, displaced by military operations, and shunned by the state, victims from the valley wonder if the...

Pakistan, China and Iran have a congruence of interest in stabilizing Afghanistan through a negotiated settlement among various stakeholders and...

On September 16, 2016, thirty-seven people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Mohmand district’s Ambar village....

A lot has been said and written about the recent issue pertaining to nominations and appointments of the judges of...

As the Taliban made territorial gains in Afghanistan against the Afghan government, some Pakistanis posted the former director general ISI...

As Taliban intensify campaign to defeat the Afghanistan forces — gaining territories and strength — fears of a return to...

Former Balochistan governor Nawab Akbar Bugti’s son Shahzwar Bugti allegedly tried to have his wife killed over her attempt to...

“Don’t know whose idea it is and what the target is. My personal goals have been very limited. Nor have...

May 16th marked five months since Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)-linked MNA Ali Wazir’s arrest on charges of issuing derogatory remarks...