As Pakistan dithers on terrorism, FATF appears no better than paper tigers

The difference between mere lip service and honest intentions is perhaps not very difficult to gauge. Faced with an unpleasant situation, lip service is usually an...

Pakistan is given but why everyone in neighbourhood is learning Mandarin?

The Karakoram International University, in Gilgit, PoK, is conducting classes in Mandarin  which are sponsored by Pakistani military and are mainly attended by the...

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin works with the ISI: Documents out

Pakistan is moving heavens to avoid being “blacklisted” by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) but a recent document would put them in an awkward position...

Imran must not escape FATF; and its Pak senate which is out to ensure it!

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had just completed two years in office on August 18. But he was stumped by the opposition parties in Senate, the Upper House, and had...

Pakistan, at last, confesses it shelters Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi

Pakistan’s government has confessed that Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi after years of denying it shelters the dreaded underworld don blamed for the 1993 Mumbai...

Countdown for Imran, Qureshi as Saudis slam door shut on Gen. Bajwa

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan got a costly gift from Saudi Arabia through General Qamar Ahmed Bajwa on completion of two years in office on Tuesday. It came in the...

What future holds for new J & K? Coalition govts would still be order of the day

Prediction of future political developments is hazardous at any given time, more so in Jammu and Kashmir. At a time when it is about to complete a year without its...