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India and Pakistan — prisoners of the past
Pakistan-India relations received a major setback after the Pathankot incident for which India blamed the Jaish-e-Mohammad to be the prime suspect for the attack. Narendra Modi, in a recent interview,...
View ArticleTurmoil in the Middle East and its implications
The fluid and evolving situation in the Middle East has explosive implications. It has reopened old wounds and ancient fault lines and reignited regional power plays, especially among Iran, Iraq and...
View ArticleChallenges facing the MQM
While the MQM’s leadership faces a mega internal challenge, pressure from the establishment compounds its miseries. The question is, should the party be allowed to reform itself within the bounds of...
View ArticleThe state of play in Pakistan-India relations
The relationship between India and Pakistan has not come out of its precarious mode. The Indian leadership is not serious about engaging with Pakistan in a formal, institutionalised format unless there...
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The Nuclear Security Summit and Pakistan’s perspective
During the next week, delegations from 51 countries, plus major groups like the European Union and the United Nations are expected to attend the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit to be held in...
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India exploits our internal contradictions
Relations with India took another beating when our security forces, close to the Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan, arrested a serving commander of the Indian Navy, for spying and promoting...
View ArticleDeveloping soft power
Pakistan has remained highly disadvantaged by its negligence in the development of soft national power. This theme was highlighted in a recent seminar at the Institute of Strategic Studies. Ever since...
View ArticleFighting the curse of corruption
With the media’s growing power and reach, accompanied by surges in technology to unlock secrecies, a new global phenomenon is in the making. There are no secret vaults where the corrupt rich and...
View ArticleMajor domestic and foreign challenges
Pakistan is a land of sharp contrasts. General Raheel Sharif captures moral high ground by his bold actions against senior officers who have been found to be perpetrators of mega corruption. In sharp...
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Pakistan’s multiple woes
The impediments that Pakistan is facing in the procurement of a meagre eight F-16 fighter aircraft are a sad reflection of the current state of Pakistan-US relations. For Pakistan, in the 1980s, the...
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