Erosion of FBR through Experimentation
For the last almost three decades, FBR has been particularly targeted as an institution through unnecessary and counterproductive experimentation. In the name of reforms,...
“CPEC and SIFC leading to Economic Renaissance”
Like many other Pakistanis, I have also been pondering why did CPEC touted as game changer, harbinger of development and prosperity has almost completed...
Pak-China meet to Pave Pakistan’s Prosperity
Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong of China is in Islamabad to attend the 4th meeting of the CPEC-Joint Working Group on International Cooperation and...
Hardliners ride high in the Middle East
A recent Lebanese public opinion poll suggests there may be limits to Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah’s restraint in confronting Israel. It also suggests why...
PTI to seek justice from people?
Just a few days ago, I penned an article titled "PTI sans BAT and Playground," a prediction crafted from my analysis of the Chief...
After India, Iran learnt a bitter lesson
The Pakistani Armed Forces, renowned for their professionalism and tactical expertise, executed Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (translated as "Death to Fighters") with remarkable precision...
A casualty of war
Israeli footballer Sagiv Yehezkel was deported from Turkey this week after being detained by police and fired by Super Lig club Antalyaspor for expressing...
Iran’s Missile Attack in Pakistan: Complexities and Concerns
In a surprising and highly unusual move, Iran conducted a series of aggressive actions by launching six bomb-carrying drones and rockets into Pakistan's Balochistan...
Escalating Red Sea tensions and citizen boycotts trap US in Catch-22.
Increasingly, the United States is caught in a Catch-22 with tension mounting in the Red Sea, Israel maintaining unabated its assault on the Gaza...
Israeli shift in military tactics threatens to be a double-edged sword.
US pressure on Israel to switch gears and focus on targeted precision strikes and killings, rather than indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip, potentially...
