A pragmatic IEA knows the Pakistani leverages and it is time to unleash them with political clarity and resolve

Some associated with military establishment in India and Pakistan harbour notions that betray the ground realities

Gen Bajwa as an Army Chief had much more limited advice than Imran Khan who had plenty of saner minds around

Imran Khan and PTI’s direct and indirect acquiescence on Army-bashing makes Imran Khan a highly controversial leader

The Peshawar attack was owned by TTP, condemned by the Islamic Emirate and later disowned by TTP

War in Ukraine has started tectonic shifts in contemporary European politics

Our political culture breeds division, greed, nepotism and corruption

Internationally, we need to sit with the leading creditors like IMF and World Bank to restructure our loan liabilities

IR today is just current affairs, with too shallow an analytical base

TTP remains eager for a settlement because Afghan hospitality would soon run out for this sizeable armed foreign force