Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai

With border skirmishes escalating, the blame game is on. Indian hostility is remarkable and the statements from both sides have kept the pot boiling. One should not be optimistic about cordial Pak-India ties in the presence of India’s biased policy of non-acceptance towards Pakistan. Indo-Pak ties had changed for the better when Prime Minister Nawaz […]

The controversy of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) has once again re-emerged, when the Balochistan government issued its report regarding the route on July 26. The report, entitled CPEC: The Route Controversy, mainly argues that the federal government does not consider the concerns of the federating units about changing the route, which will affect inter-provincial […]

The recent round of peace talks facilitated by Pakistan in Murree (near Islamabad) between the Taliban and the Afghan government gives new hope to bringing peace and stability to the war-ravaged Afghanistan. The talks are being held while Afghanistan is playing a blame game against Pakistan. The anti-Pakistani statements of President Ashraf Ghani, the attack […]

Mutual visits, CBMs, agreements, reengagement, military and security cooperation, joint efforts against militancy and the keenness of both Pakistan and the new Afghan government have brought their relations to such a positive momentum, one that has not been seen throughout their history before. The initiative was taken by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to visit Islamabad […]