Abid Hussain
Will Pakistan’s defence overhaul strengthen or upset its military balance?
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has codified the most ambitious restructure of its military and judiciary in decades after…
Can Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks survive Islamabad, Delhi blasts?
Islamabad, Pakistan – Less than two hours after a suicide blast at the entrance of the district court…
Witnesses recall chaos after Islamabad suicide bombing
Islamabad, Pakistan – At about 12:30pm (07:30 GMT) on Tuesday afternoon, Khalid Khan, a 25-year-old lawyer, was waiting…
How would Pakistan’s 27th Amendment reshape its military and courts?
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Senate on Monday approved a constitutional amendment that aims to bring sweeping changes to…
Pakistan, Afghanistan to resume talks amid tensions over border clashes
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to resume talks in Istanbul at the request of mediator…
Pakistan-Afghanistan talks falter amid deep mistrust
Islamabad, Pakistan – After three days, talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul, aimed at ending a tense and…
Is Pakistan trying to set new red lines with Afghan Taliban?
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Pakistan’s foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, visited Kabul in April and met his Afghan Taliban counterpart,…
How Pakistan misread the Taliban and lost peace on the frontier
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived at the military hospital in Bannu in the northwestern…
Suicide blast near paramilitary headquarters in Pakistan’s Quetta kills 10
Islamabad, Pakistan – A powerful car bomb blast outside the headquarters of Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps in the…
How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact reshapes region’s geopolitics
Islamabad, Pakistan – A beaming Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif – welcomed with Saudi F-15 fighter jets, a…
India-Pakistan missile race heats up, but China in crosshairs, too
Islamabad, Pakistan – India on August 20 announced that it had successfully test-fired Agni-V, its intermediate-range ballistic missile, from…
Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?
Islamabad, Pakistan – With clasped hands and half-smiles, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban…