Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Pak-Afghan trade to be enhanced to $5 billion: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday reiterated the government's resolve to enhance Pak-Afghan trade to $5 billion till 2017 by facilitating the trade...

Hate crimes against UK Muslims jump 300% after Paris attacks

ISLAMABAD: Islamophobic hate crime in the United Kingdom against British Muslims increased more than 300 per cent to at least 115 incidents of anti-Muslim...

Pakistan’s full spectrum deterrence

Pakistani officials define our full spectrum minimum deterrence as India-specific. To put it simply, the strategic calculus is narrowed down to deterring a militarily...

Bangladesh angry over Pakistan’s criticism of executions

NEW DELHI — Bangladesh accused Pakistan on Monday of interfering in its internal affairs by criticizing the execution of two opposition leaders for alleged...

Russia removes ban on nuclear cooperation with Iran

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday eased restrictions on Russian companies working on Iranian enrichment sites as he travelled to Tehran for his first...

DON’T LET TERRORISTS DICTATE GLOBAL AGENDA

Monday, November 23, 2015 - POPE Francis described the coordinated terror attacks in Paris on November 13, the deadliest since World War II, as...

Troops won’t be deployed outside region: ISPR

WASHINGTON: Pakistan will not send its troops for any mission outside the region, says Director General of Inter Services Public Relations Lt Gen Asim...

Denial of asylum to Muslim refugees legally, morally unjustified: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned the international community at the UN that denial of asylum to Muslim refugees by some countries was legally, politically and...

Senator McCain recognises Pakistan Army’s sacrifices

WASHINGTON: Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain has said that under the leadership of General Raheel Sharif, the Pakistan Army had...

Mullah Omar’s relatives may decline top Taliban positions

ISLAMABAD: The son and the brother of the late Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar may turn down positions in the new hierarchy of the...

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