The writer is a retired brigadier, and a PhD scholar in Peace and Conflict Studies at the National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad.
Pakistan's Army men launching a missile amid tensions with India, on May...
A view of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska captured by the US...
Smoke rises from an Afghan post in the Chitral sector following strikes...
Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the US launched...
A representational image showing hockey players engaged in on-field...
In this picture taken on April 16, 2023, people throng a market area in...
Indian Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi attends the...
This file photo shows a view of a massive traffic jam near H-9,...
Secretary-General of the GCC meets Chinese foreign minister. —X/Shen...
Pakistani soldiers atop captured Indian tanks raise slogans of joy. —...
Pakistani military personnel stand beside short-range Surface to Surface...
Pakistani soldiers stand next to the wreckage of an Indian fighter jet...
General view of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project in Nosari, in...
A view of the Uri-II hydroelectric project dam on the Jhelum River which...
Everybody is speaking about the changing nature of the war and deterrence...
Everybody is speaking about the changing nature of the war and deterrence...
Israeli attacks results deaths of more than 80 Iranians and prompted a wave of defiant rhetoric from Iranian leadership
Negative peace refers to absence of active warfare without addressing fundamental causes underlying conflict
Modi, hostage to his hate cabal and divisive politics, might recant and plunge region once again into catastrophic war
Pakistan needs to be fully alert to respond in kind to any possible Indian attack across LoC or international borders
Pakistan has become soft state where state cannot even ensure removal of graffiti from walls
Every provincial government has worked to consolidate power, enriching its own members
For India, Afghanistan serves as strategic base for fomenting unrest in Pakistan through violent non-state actors
Space technology might be right antidote to the Malthusian spectre of climate-driven food and water scarcity
Disturbances that began in 2023 with attack on school have escalated rapidly in recent weeks
In April 2024, three Chinese and one Belarusian company were sanctioned for exporting missile-enabling technology to Pakistan
US-Pakistan relations need to steer clear of the global power competition that dominates geopolitical landscape
Our power sector's problems stem from poor capacity utilization and inadequate demand, especially in the industrial sector
1965 war, which could have been a decisive strategic victory for Pakistan
Right to statehood through conquest was the Dogra legacy that India emulated
Narratives like religious ideologies and fascism, which were eclipsed by postmodernism, are now staging a return with vengeance
Modi had planned to amend Indian constitution to establish a Hindu ‘rashtra’ in case he won 400 seats
Social network words and social media logos are seen through magnifier...
A worker fixes a flag of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on a hoarding...
An undated picture of the parliament house building in Islamabad. —...
No amount of politics would yield dividends unless the governance issue is fixed
India hosted the G20 summit from September 9 to 10 in Delhi. But it was...
What happened in Jaranwala on August 16 is an example of all that is...
The Jammu and Kashmir region was already under the illegal occupation of...
Pakistan’s power and energy crisis has reached crisis proportions. The...
Irrational thinking usually leads to irrational decision. Hate is an...
The time has come for Pakistan to take some tough decisions and reorient...
Anocracies are countries in transition towards full democracy after...
