Did Pakistan establish ‘deterrence’ during the recent crisis with India? on April 11, 2019A recent article published by the Foreign Policy magazine in the United States exposed India’s claims of downing one of Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets during the recent crisis. The article states that the U.S. carried out a count of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet and none was found missing. Moreover, the story also makes it clear that […]
On Kashmir and Pakistan, the time is ‘now or never’ for India on April 2, 2019The border between India and Pakistan, known as the Line of Control (LoC) remains one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world. Both countries have fought four major wars since the divisions of the subcontinent into two sovereign nations, India and Pakistan, in 1947. The usual ‘normal’ between the two states is a […]
Reforming Pakistan’s perception on March 27, 2019The recent assassination attempt on Mufti Taqi Usmani in Karachi has sent shock waves across the country. While Mufti Usmani survived the assassination attempt on his life, two of his guards were killed in the incident. The outpouring of support and sympathy with the deceased and the survivor which was expressed by all religious sects […]
India’s election on March 14, 2019India’s general election is scheduled to take place over the course of the next two months. The country is fully in election mood: political parties in the country, particularly the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), appear ready to go to any lengths to overwhelm the opposition on the election day. The recent India-Pakistan clash is […]
Imran Khan exposes India’s Modi as a ‘Small Man Occupying a Big Office’ on March 4, 2019India and Pakistan have been on the brink of an all-out war since the last few days. The attack in Indian occupied Kashmir about two weeks killed more than forty Indian soldiers. The consequences for the region have been drastic, to say the least. We are not out of the war hysteria yet, even after […]
Why isn’t foreign policy an election issue? on April 16, 2018With general elections in Pakistan scheduled to take place this summer, all major political parties have already begun campaigning and articulating their agendas. While domestic problems, such as bad governance, rampant corruption, and political victimisation of ethnic groups have emerged as electoral issues, foreign policy has been noticeably absent from party manifestos. What accounts for […]