Afghanistan: Peace talks & hiccups
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
ZALMAY Khalilzad’s recent meetings in Doha and Beijing germinated optimism about reaching a peace deal among the Afghan factions and the...
Modi can protect Air India from vultures
M D Nalapat
NOT for the first time, this columnist arrived in Washington from Delhi on a direct flight on Air India. The Airline has...
Devastation in Neelum Valley
MONSOON downpours have started playing havoc. The first victim became the Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu & Kashmir this time with flash floods triggered...
Registration of disabled persons
WHILST setting aside all security protocol, President Arif
Alvi welcomed the differently abled persons on Tuesday at Aiwan-e-Sadr and distributed amongst them customized wheelchairs....
India’s face State terrorism: Kulbhushan
Iqbal Khan
INTERNATIONAL Court of Justice (ICJ) is all set to announce its decision today in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is an active...
SBP report on food insecurity
IN its third quarterly report on the state of the economy, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has noted provincial disparities in terms of...
This is not cricket!
Khalid Saleem
OUR cricket appears to have hit rock bottom. Things just could not be any worse than they are at this juncture. The common...
Afghanistan is not for external powers
Dr Nasreen Akhtar
I don’t think there will ever be a force to control Afghanistan or its affairs. This state is extraordinary in the modern...
Death of book reading culture
IT was not long ago when book reading culture was a visible landmark of the educated lot — books were considered the source of...
Modi’s mid-night strike!
Khalid Saleem
THE Modi administration’s mid-night strike in Indian-held Kashmir should be legitimate cause for concern for the International Community. As if the frequent and...