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The century of China?
The Chinese plans of investing more than $45 billion in Pakistan to set up the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor have some commentators already comparing the...
Landmark nuclear agreement signed
The crux of the matter is that the agreement has marked the closure of an era characterised by hostility, intrigue and suspicion, which has...
Detente with Iran
The deal brokered with Iran over its nuclear capacity is a major international event the ramifications of which are being discussed the world over....
Kashmiris: determined to win freedom
The non-resolution of the Kashmir dispute in conformity with the aspirations of the people of the state and the UN resolutions on the subject,...
A game-changing deal
WHILE the agreement between P5+1 and Iran over the latter’s nuclear programme has rightly been hailed as the beginning of a new phase in...
Who has triumphed in Vienna?
With sanctions removed, not only will Iranian economic revival be initiated but also greater US-Iran regional cooperation is expected in the Middle East, especially...
The North Korean bomb
The Republicans consistently sabotaged promises made to win North Korea’s trust. A food supply programme was curtailed. So were funds to continue the building...
Rising above the rhetoric
India has ambitions of becoming a regional power; it aspires to gain a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Pakistan, on the other...
Hard talk
There was always going to be a lot riding on the first direct meeting between the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) and the Afghan...
Is peace possible?
Modi and Nawaz Sharif should realise the fact that the emerging world order is grounded in economic regionalism
India-Pakistan relations have oscillated between confrontation and...