Can Afghanistan and Pakistan Ever Get Along?
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan is taking a risk most leaders would shun: He is proposing to improve Afghanistan’s contentious relations with Pakistan in...
The crisis of primary education
Pakistan’s literacy rate is currently 57 per cent. This is lower than the literacy rates of Bangladesh and India. The rate is currently rising...
America’s Afghan wars
THERE is no shortage of books and literature detailing the failure of the Western forces in defeating the Taliban insurgency that had started to...
Bombs, Protests, Blackouts Fail to Cripple Pakistan Economy
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has had a rough six months. He’s seen street protesters nearly oust him, some of the worst fuel shortages...
Recovering Pakistan
Pakistan is a big country with too many big problems at the moment that are hitting us all in the face every day. The...
The alienated Kashmiris
There are solutions, just not simple ones.
Power makes strange bedfellows. Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed who heads the Jammu and Kashmir government has joined hands with...
Negative views
THERE is little doubt that despite Pakistan’s many problems, its negativity is exaggerated by the outside world.
Indeed, I have lost count of the number...
Rigid notions about Pakistan’s Afghan policy
Dr Ashraf Ghani’s meaningful contacts with the Pakistani leadership are proof of his trust in Pakistan’s constructive role in defeating terrorism.
Historically, Afghanistan has been...
Kerry Tries to Reassure Gulf Allies on Iran Deal
RIYADH — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, meeting with Gulf state officials in Saudi Arabia Thursday, sought to ease their concerns about an...
US, Iran Cite Progress as Nuclear Talks End
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says negotiators in the Iran nuclear talks have “made some progress” from where they were...
