For the past six weeks, PPP leaders have been playing the ‘Punjabi gallery’ and playing well with rhetoric, acrobatics of emotion and feigned anger to present themselves as an ‘opposition’ to the reign of Nawaz Sharif. Moment of truth...
They say if you find yourself fallen into a pit, the first thing to do is stop digging. Afghanistan has long been an abyss, owing to the lack of vision and political insight from both itself and stakeholders. Policy...
Multan Tragedy: - Earlier fainting of young boys who were being lifted to the container top as shown in the video clips. That scene definitely reflects very badly on PTI's management ability. They had failed to create a buffer...
Indus Waters Treaty Will Be an “Act of War”: Sartaj Aziz
September 19, 2016 marks the 56th anniversary of the signing of the Indus Basin treaty by India and Pakistan. The agreement signified the end of a long dispute between...
CDA Institute Security & Defence Blogger Adnan Qaiser, a political and defence analyst with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, examines latest Kashmir uprising and its possible fallout.
Horace said, “Brute force bereft of reason falls...
Just spoke with IGP Punjab. Punjab Police Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) is parading out its first batch of Counter-Terror Force (CTF) with 421 officers trained for 9 months. This will be a purely civilian lead force trained with the help...
Recently White House issued US President Barack Obama's income and tax records. These were really interesting. American President in 2015 had a gross income of US $ 435,000/- out of which $395,000 was his official salary as President and...
US State Department's Question & Answer Session with Media, on 24th May 2016
Discussion is about the Killing of Mullah Mansoor Akhtar; killed in a US Drone Strike, by the orders of the US President. What is surprising is that...
What PM Nawaz Sharif fails to realize? - Nawaz Sharif's paradigm of Pakistani Politics is flawed and is still based on his understanding of Pakistan he witnessed or interacted between 1985 and 2007. He thought hard about his choices...
I have spent several sleepless nights in the last few days. Yes! the burning of, 19 year old, Maria was gruesome, was shocking and hard to digest. One shudders to imagine the pain, the fear the stink of burning...
We have heard that PM Nawaz will undergo Open Heart Surgery on Tuesday, 2nd June - May Allah grant him complete recovery and health to be able to perform his job and execute his responsibilities.
However given his position as...
When Khurram Rashid, District Police Officer (DPO) of Abottabad, was descending down the winding hilly pathway towards the ill-fated village of 'Maqool Payin' located few kilometers off Donga Gali, he had a sick feeling in his stomach. It looked...
Shariq Kamal Siddique, District Police Officer (DPO), Bahawalnagar, has been summarrily removed from his position, and surrendered to Centre after he refused apologizing to the local MNA for arresting his aide who had thrashed policemen at a check post....
What are India and Pakistan upto? What is going on behind the scenes? Who is sending desperate messages to whom? How come Pakistan suddenly makes an offer to India for talks on Kashmir? And how come India which has...