UNCERTAIN FUTURE
The course of US-Pakistan relations will be determined by some clear-cut policy options
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City in Ruins
Once regarded as the ‘Paris of Asia,’ Karachi has now joined the ranks of ‘the most unlivable cities of the world’
Boom or Bust?
The PTI government’s expansionary policies fail to take structural imbalances into account
To Talk or not to Talk
Extremism in the defence of liberty is not vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Barry Goldwater
Betting on the Taliban
The US has lost both face and credibility in the international community as well as among the impoverished Afghans, by its hasty departure from Afghanistan, without any negotiated settlement with the Taliban. But can the…
Disunity in the House of Ittefaq
Will Shehbaz Sharif’s pragmatic conciliatory stance prevail over elder brother Nawaz Sharif’s confrontationist approach?
US-China Rivalry: Impact on South Asia
US’s messy withdrawal from Afghanistan, the humiliating collapse of the US propped up Ghani Government and the Afghan National Army, and the subsequent spectacular capture of power by the Taliban has further strengthened China’s position…
Fallout of Taliban Victory
“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic,” Robert A Heinlein. The United States decided to withdraw from Afghanistan against the backdrop of…
Concept of Independent Media
“The concept of PMDA aims at development of media and not its policing and regulation as being propagated.”
Freedom Sans Responsibility
Given its tendency to cross the red lines and spread disinformation, is the media being fair in accusing the government of stifling freedom of expression?