During the Cold War epoch, divergent priorities and self-interests, the Indo-Russian partnership and geo-political realities could not allow a breathing space for Pak-Russia...
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Quetta Blast & a Confused Chorus
A chorus of confused responses followed the Quetta carnage on August 8, that left over 70 dead and dozens maimed. The top civil and military leadership called it an attempt by...
Quetta Blast & a Confused Chorus
A chorus of confused responses followed the Quetta carnage on August 8, that left over 70 dead and dozens maimed. The top civil and military leadership called it an attempt by...
GBV against Women in Pakistan
Context Gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women are terms commonly used in Pakistan by the media. They denote intellectual poverty, or worse so, intentional...
Drones: license to kill?
After more than a decade of unchallenged deployment of Predator drones to kill suspected enemies, US President Barack Obama recently signed off an executive order to address...
Drones: license to kill?
After more than a decade of unchallenged deployment of Predator drones to kill suspected enemies, US President Barack Obama recently signed off an executive order to address...
Pak-Afghan Ties: Can CPEC be a CBM?
Negatives continue to dominate the Pakistan-Afghanistan conversation. The Afghan government remains unhappy with Pakistan over the Haqqani network. On August 1, it officially...
Fanatics Are All The Same
Last March, during an Umrah visit to Saudi Arabia, I was disturbed after witnessing the mutaween (religious police) forcing people to pray and harassing women to cover up....
Facing Moral Blindness in Kashmir
The vicious cycle of curfew, strikes, nocturnal raids and indiscriminate use of force in India-held Kashmir continues unabated for the fourth week. On July 8, 2016 government...
Kashmir Crisis: Dialogue not violence will resolve issues
Popular Unrest has started breathing down the necks of main stream politicians. Their space in South Kashmir is shrinking. On July 31 National Conference (NC) leader from...
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