The regional flux
Why are we sitting it out?
The region around Pakistan, extending from South Asia to West Asia and the Arab world is in a...
The Beijing-New Delhi Ties
Consolidating the existing relationship
To maintain a durable peace in Asia-Pacific, Sino-Indian normalcy must be maintained and sustained. Both countries have serious territorial disputes since...
Dancing with the wolves
Is failure of the talks a foregone conclusion?
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again asked the Pakistani Taliban to become part of the...
Pakistan-Iran relations II
The socio-religious dimension
To be fair to history, the entire credit for the initiation of the religious divide in Pakistan cannot be given...
A Test for Nawaz Sharif
His US visit will set the tone for Pakistan-US relations
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on a visit to the United States at a time...
Nawaz’s second US trip
A futile agenda?
In what is clearly a preemptive move to set the tone of discussions with PM Nawaz Sharif during his visit to the...
Pakistan-Iran relations
The socio-religious dimension
The reason for my harping on the pressing need for improvement of Pakistan’s relations with Iran goes beyond political and economic interests...
Region of constant turmoil
It seems that secular nationalism is fast evaporating from the deserts of the Middle East. Along with that, the moderate middle is also shrinking...
Road to Tehran
It is not important from where you start to reach out to the ‘enemy’ other, from Tehran or Washington. What is important is the...
Pakistan-India relations: Why normalisation remains elusive?
Carved out as independent states out of the British Indian empire 66 years back, the Muslim-majority Pakistan and the Hindu-majority India still remain adversaries....
