Makkah moment Pakistan’s strategic direction would be wise to recognise that Pakistan’s expanding strategic horizons cannot be divorced from the pressures it confronts at home. Updated 30 Sep, 2026 09:12am
Pak-US repair For at least two decades, Washington had largely adhered to a familiar script on Pakistan. Updated 03 Oct, 2025 08:49am
Exceptionalist wars The reaction to war in Europe has been racially alienating... Published 19 Mar, 2022 06:51am
Afghan dilemma The first has to do with the signal it will send to the Taliban — primarily of America’s unreliability as an honest broker. Updated 12 Feb, 2021 08:19am
The UAE-Israel deal is likely to further cleave the Middle East, increase worries for Pakistan India may find succour in an Arab détente. Published 24 Aug, 2020 10:01am
At modernity’s door The new cohort does not benefit from opened-up choices. Published 11 Jun, 2019 06:49am
Russian opening Putin is unlikely to hedge his bets on a peaceful South Asia. Published 26 Feb, 2015 02:19am
SHORT ANSWER TO CHABAHAR THE ‘Bali Package’ unveiled at the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Indonesia this December backed new... Published 13 Feb, 2014 07:36am
Trojan tactics LAST week the PM teetered on the knife-edge of launching a full-scale military operation in North Waziristan. For ... Published 04 Feb, 2014 07:15am
Policies without direction ANYONE in Pakistan who dabbles in the lexicon of urbanomics will be the first to admit one of two things: that ... Published 10 Sep, 2013 08:10am
