How Pakistan has wowed Indian tourists and vice versa on August 1, 2019Usually the term diplomacy is equated with a complex governmental framework with extended missions, official proceedings, treaties and much more – all part of a professional and complex system. It is generally thought that maintaining or restraining from relationships between two states is purely a state owned and worked mechanism – a faulty induction indeed. […]
Neutrality in a potential Saudi-Iran conflict on May 28, 2019Last Tuesday, the environment in the Middle East became quite tense. Saudi Arabia reported that it had intercepted a rocket fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at Riyadh. No casualties were reported. However, Saudi Arabia stated that the attack amounted to an act of war by Iran. Saudi Arabia claims that Iran is providing the Houthi […]
Brenton Tarrant’s motives on March 25, 2019An unfortunate incident hit the usually peaceful city of Christchurch, New Zealand last Friday. The attacker Brenton Tarrant, a 28 years old Australian, was responsible for carrying out the attacks in the mosques, resulting in the deaths of at least 50 people. A global debate has risen on the fact that the charge merely speaks […]
Afghanistan- a global game of musical chairs on September 21, 2018Afghanistan’s history is replete with wars and other violent conflicts. Throughout its long and turbulent history, Afghanistan has looked more like a tribal confederacy than a cohesive nation-state. Afghanistan’s emerging outlook remains uncertain due to competing interests of the stakeholders and internal political dynamics. The land locked country is facing a complex internal situation with […]
TAPI pipeline project: a way forward on August 30, 2018Pakistan and Afghanistan share similarities in multiple dimensions of history, religion, civilization and culture. Despite this, the two countries have never been successful in establishing tension free relations. Since the creation of Pakistan for more than half a century a large part of their relations consisted of passive antagonism, mistrust and a blame game. Tense […]
Why Pakistan is being discriminated for granting membership of NSG on August 29, 2018 Nuclear Suppliers Group or the NSG is a multilateral export control regime.It is a set of nuclear supplier countries that look forward to preventing nuclear proliferation.It contains 45 countries including nuclear power states and other NPT states, that have came together on one table with the pledge to controlthe export of nuclear materials, equipment […]
Elections 2018 — addressing US concerns on August 15, 2018General elections were held in Pakistan on July 25, 2018. The elections were held after the successful completion of a five year term by the outgoing government. In their aftermath, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by ex-cricket captain turned politician, Imran Khan turned out to be the single largest party at the national level. […]