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Why is Pakistan reconsidering its role in the Islamic Military Alliance Global Village Space | Saad Yousaf | Reports are coming in that Pakistan is drawing red lines for its participation in Saudi-led IMAFT alliance after the US-Islamic summit. The US-Islamic summit gave the impression, mainly...

Pak-Afghan border closures: It’s business that suffers the most! Global Village Space | Imtiaz Gul | After 22 days, Pakistan reopened the Friendship Gate at Chaman border crossing on May 27 on “humanitarian grounds” coinciding with the Ramazan in Afghanistan. At least 12, including two FC...

AD Khawaja vs. PPP provincial government; the complete saga Global Village Space | GVS Analysis by Muhammad Azam | The ongoing power struggle between Inspector-General Police of Sindh, Allah Dino Khawaja, and the provincial government of Pakistan Peoples Party continues to simmer. For the past...

Hussein Nawaz grilled by Panamagate JIT Global Village Space | Hussain Nawaz, the elder son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, appeared before the Panamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Sunday. Hussain Nawaz had been summoned before the JIT on 24 hour notice for questioning over his family’s...

Pakistan’s bomb turns 19: Were Pakistan & India 1998 nuclear tests a smart move? Global Village Space | Saleem Akhtar Malik | On 28th May 1998, Pakistan carried out nuclear tests under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, apparently as a response to India’s second round of nuclear tests. Why did India...

Intolerance in Pakistan: How to tackle the problem? Global Village Space | Rida Hussain | Just as Pakistan’s economy is grappling with the limited natural resources, the social structure is also struggling with the issue of intolerance. The good thing in solving the economic issues related to...

With rising trouble in Afghanistan, US Congressman asks to ‘strike’ Pakistan Global Village Space | News Analysis | Adam Kinzinger, a Congressman from Illinois has asked President Trump to resume air strikes inside Pakistan at alleged terrorist hideouts, which are stoking trouble in...

Anti-Qatar media campaign in the Gulf: Cracks in the Islamic Military Alliance? Global Village Space | James M. Dorsey | Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days after the US President Donald J. Trump ended a historic visit to Saudi...

Will OBOR help China to overcome its economic crisis? Global Village Space | China caught the world’s eyes with its high-profile global forum on the so-called Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on 14-15 May 2017. The developmental blueprint, involving about 65 countries, seeks to push through...

Indian Army, Navy and Air forces join hands: who is the enemy? Global Village Space | Ikram Sehgal | India’s newly annunciated “Joint Armed Forces Doctrine” envisaging force projection beyond its borders mandates that the three services, Army, Navy, and Air Force, will fight as an integrated...

US’ betrayal: What are the options left for Pakistan? Global Village Space | Itfa Khurshid Mirza | Donald Trump’s speech at the Riyadh Summit in Saudi Arabia has become the talk of the town. Choosing Saudi Arabia as the first country to begin his foreign visits has a lot to unveil about...

Did King Salman actually apologize to Nawaz Sharif? Global Village Space | In a recent weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria claimed that the Saudi Arabian monarch, King Salman had apologized to Nawaz Sharif for not giving him a chance to speak at the US-Arab summit held last...

COAS to visit Tehran: Will Pak-Iran ties take a better turn? Global Village Space | News Analysis | Pakistan will look to allay Tehran’s fears regarding its participation in the Saudi military alliance headed by the celebrated General Raheel Sharif. COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa is likely to...

BJP minister has threatened to tie Arundhati Roy to army jeep Global Village Space | Acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy has recently been subject to much disparagement over a fake news story. Right wing online publications notorious for publishing false content have been publishing a story...

Can India actually win a war against Pakistan? Global Village Space | Saleem Akhtar Malik | Indian Army releases a video showing the purported destruction, by artillery fire, of a Pakistani post along the LOC. Pakistan Army denies the Indian claim and counters it by issuing a video of its own...

The untouchables’ revolt in India: Will the Brahmins suppress the Dalits again? Global Village Space | Jawad Falak | Ever since the rise of the Hindu nationalist thought, known as Hindutva, took power in India by the election of current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the minorities of India...

The move political parties don’t want you to know about Global Village Space | GVS Analysis | On Wednesday, sub-committee of the Parliamentary Panel on Electoral Reforms approved an extension in maximum term limit from 4 years to 6 years. This move has further put to risk the already fragile...

Indo-Pak nuclear race: Will things continue the same forever? Global Village Space | Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal | India-Pakistan strategic competition and Great Powers’ interest in the region have made the South Asian strategic environment complex and unpredictable. Today, the Great Powers have been...

What Pakistan needs to develop its mining sector Global Village Space | Dr. Farid A. Malik | After reading two articles on the development of Chiniot minerals, I was motivated to write this note. Ansar Abbasi’s article appeared on April 14, 20, 7 titled, “Chiniot – from a dream treasure trove...

Social media activist behind damaging national security breach captured! Global Village Space | The government has captured yet another social media activist in its indiscriminate crackdown against those breaching national security. Up till now, almost 200 have been taken into custody. We...