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Rooting out the last fragments
17 Aug 2022 3:46 PM GMTAyman al-Zawahiri’s killing has left al-Qaeda with a leadership crunch — which the Biden administration can target to eliminate the terror group...
Plunged into misery?
8 Aug 2022 12:52 PM GMTPakistan’s desperate bid for IMF bailout package is substantive evidence that the country is stuck in one of its worst economic crises in recent
Abhorrent design
3 July 2022 3:00 PM GMTIndia must make efforts to foil Pakistan's plot aimed at severing any potential Indo-Afghan thaw by engineering incidents like Kabul Gurudwara attack
Unreasoned sermonising
28 Jun 2022 2:33 PM GMTChina’s uncalled-for and hypocritical remarks preaching India over Prophet row, possibly on Pakistan’s prompting, blatantly disrespect India’s...
A worrisome upswing
5 Jun 2022 2:35 PM GMTIn the warm up to Bangladesh elections, certain extremist groups are gaining ground — perhaps with hidden support from Pakistan
Thawing relations
22 May 2022 2:55 PM GMTExternal Affairs Minister’s recent Dhaka trip has laid the groundwork for Sheikh Hasina’s potential visit to India but has also created...
Narrow in scope
9 May 2022 2:07 PM GMTPakistan's disinterest and US' distancing away from Ilhan Omar's PoK visit indicate that similar developments will lose traction in the future
Deepening divide
24 April 2022 1:52 PM GMTThe deterioration of relations between the ‘brotherly’ nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan has accelerated further after the regime change in Pak
A precarious tangle
4 April 2022 1:13 PM GMTEmergence of new insurgent outfits with greater involvement of educated middle-class youth presents complex challenges in counter-insurgency...
Caught in a muddle
28 March 2022 12:53 PM GMTPakistan's increasing thaw with Russia has distanced it from the West — putting its foreign policy in shambles and hampering its economic prospects
Deep into the quagmire
14 March 2022 2:06 PM GMTPakistan must cover an extra mile to dilute terror assaults within the country in order to get itself out of the FATF grey list
Deceptive branding
14 Feb 2022 1:55 PM GMTIrrespective of the hype created by Pakistani establishment around Imran Khan’s China visit, it lacked substance and was a face-saving exercise at...