Following the martyrdom of the Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, protests erupted in the Kashmir valley. Thousands of people defied the curfew to lay their hero to…

At his address to the US Congress in June, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked: “The Orchestra have sufficiently tuned their instruments, the baton has given the signal. And…

European Union (EU) was established in 1993. It is a politico-economic union. UK is an important member of EU and enjoys great influence over EU policy-making mechanism. Various contentious issues…

Why bother with America’s Elections of 2016? The 2016 US Presidential elections are perhaps the signposts of a new era, the façade of a decision point in US history and…

Towards the end of 2015, Pakistan and India decided to hold Foreign Secretary (FS) level talks in early 2016. The talks were intended to resume the stalled dialogue between the neighboring…

Whenever two neighbouring states with strong political and military standoff, acquire nuclear capabilities with effective delivery means, the entire gambit of diplomacy and warfare changes. Nuclear parity (that exists between…

Pakistan and Afghanistan, although being neighboring countries, have had an uneasy relationship of mistrust and disaccord. Chances of improved relations took birth in September 2014 when Ashraf Ghani assumed the…

  The recent statement by the Afghan Taliban of not participating in talks with the Afghan government under the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) framework has put the Afghan peace process…

In India, the reign of Prime Minister Narendra Damordas Modi has been beset with various controversies since day one. The most recent issue to engulf the country has been the…

The Charsadda Incident marked an uncanny resurgence of terrorism in Pakistan indicating that situation is not dynamically transforming as it should. Even with the Operation Zarb-e-Az’b continues with full momentum…