Afghanistan: no cooperation, no stability

This is a shorter version of a brief which was prepared for Pakistani Senate’s standing committee on Defence. Also published here. Full report here…

The sad reality of Indo-Pak relations

The inimitable Khalid Hasan writes with veiled frustration: “….the last six decades of India-Pakistan relations have proved the step-by-step approach to be a dismal…

Indian Celebrities Share Their Shocking Opinions On Current Situation of Kashmir.

India’s revoking of the special constitutional status of occupied Kashmir through a rushed presidential order has given rise to fears of violence and bloodshed…

پاکستان اور انڈیا کے درمیان کشیدگی کا سب سے زیادہ نقصان کشمیریوں کو اٹھانا پڑتا ہے

پاکستان نے ونگ کمانڈر ابھی نندن کو واپس بھارت بھیج دیا ہے، لیکن دونوں ممالک کے درمیان تعلقات ابھی تک کشیدہ ہیں – اس…

Last Night on ARY News

A quick comment for ARY News on India Pakistan conflict and Trump’s statement about a dangerous situation.…

LIVE discussion of senior journalists in on Naya Daur

Senior journalists including Matiullah Jan, Mohammad Ziauddin and Murtaza Solangi in LIVE discussion on Naya Daur TV. They discuss the India and Pakistan tensions…

Raza Rumi on Defence ministers ultimatum to taliban

Raza Rumi’s analysis on the statement of Defence Minister Khwaja Asif. The minister indicated at an operation in caseterrorist attacks from the other side…

Raza Rumi on the International Crisis Group report on Pakistan

Raza Rumi says the report on Pakistan by International Crisis Group (ICG) is very insightful and has been published at a time when Pakistan…

The need to review our India policy

The Indian foreign secretary’s visit to Islamabad last week generated much interest but the outcome was the usual bureaucratic statements amounting to nothing. The…

Pakistan silently watches the rise of Narendra Modi

My analysis – Pakistan: Cautiously pessimistic about Modi’s expected rise to power – first published here: A decade of UPA-Congress rule in India ends…

Khabar se Agey, Raza Rumi on Karachi problems

Raza Rumi’s analysis on the issues of Karachi including the recent report by International Crisis Group (ICG). Rumi says there is now a need…

Time to move on

On peace with India for The News on Sunday After the recent LoC fiasco, there has to be long-term commitment and readiness to install…

Paradigm Shift? Reassessing Pakistan’s Security

Published in The News on Sunday The Pakistan army has reportedly revised its security assessment and is now placing more emphasis on ‘internal threats’…

The peace process: The way forward

By Subhojit Goswami Kolkata, Aug 1: “A dialogue process is not about ‘who wins’ but about empathetic understanding”, came the strong words from Pritha…

Taliban suicide bomber dressed as schoolboy kills 31 army cadets

By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent, The Independent Pakistan’s army suffered a damaging blow after a suicide bomber believed to be in his teens and…

Redefining national interest

There is simply no alternative to information flow and dismantling the iron curtain. Let the disputes remain, but allow media access across the borders.…

Devising a new framework for Indo-Pak peace

The next 12 months are critical: an Afghanistan settlement has to take place, the water issue needs to be explored and Kashmir back channel…

No alternative to peace with India

It is clear that regional stability is a foremost priority for India given its focus on achieving a 10 per cent growth rate. Pakistan…

Fatal obsession

It is a matter of public record that the founder of Pakistan had stated that Indo-Pakistan relationship will resemble that of the USA and…

Struggle for the soul

– Ayeda Naqvi While it is tempting to give in to anger, it is more important to take a deep breath and remember that…