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...
View ArticlePakistan’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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