Abdul Basit

Abdul Basit

  • FIR lodged against over 600 SIC leaders, supporters for allegedly violating ECP code

    FIR lodged against over 600 SIC leaders, supporters for allegedly violating ECP code

    Official in FIR alleges political party did not get NOC from district administration for rally

  • PM's emergency meeting on inflated power bills bears no fruit

    PM's emergency meeting on inflated power bills bears no fruit

    MQM-Pakistan fears protests could turn violent; Pesco seeks police security amid fears of vandalism

  • Will Biden’s plan succeed?

    Last week, in a bid to revive the floundering Afghan peace process, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a letter to Afghan President...

  • 2020’s threat landscape

    In the last five years, Pakistan has remarkably turned around its fight against the twin threats of extremism and terrorism. The Global Terrorism...

  • Concerted efforts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against poliovirus

    EOC Coordinator, KPK“We will n o t r e s t u n t i l every child in Pakistan is safe from the poliovirus. This needs collective commitment,...

  • Concerted efforts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against poliovirus

    EOC Coordinator, KPK“We will n o t r e s t u n t i l every child in Pakistan is safe from the poliovirus. This needs collective commitment,...

  • Concerted efforts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against poliovirus

    EOC Coordinator, KPK“We will n o t r e s t u n t i l every child in Pakistan is safe from the poliovirus. This needs collective commitment,...

  • The rise of Maryam Nawaz

    Nawaz Sharif’s physical absence and the detention of Shahbaz Sharif has paved the way for Maryam Nawaz to spearhead the Pakistan Muslim League...

  • More questions, fewer answers

    After several delays and setbacks, the long-awaited intra-Afghan peace process is likely to begin next week in Doha, Qatar. The announcement came...

  • Geopolitical implications

    The news of the Iran-China strategic partnership agreement and Tehran’s decision to drop India from the 628-kilometer Chabahar-Zahedan rail...

  • China’s edge?

    China’s edge?

    President Xi Jinping inspects the Chinese People's Liberation Army Garrison in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at Shek Kong barracks...

  • Resisting the virus

    Due to the PTI government's mishandling, the Covid-19 situation in Pakistan has gone from bad to worse.From "the coronavirus is a flu that spreads...

  • ISKP in Afghanistan

    Since the February agreement between the US and the Taliban, the Islamic State of Khorasan Province has unleashed a string of high-profile attacks...

  • Congregations and corona

    In the face of growing coronavirus cases across Pakistan, the government’s decision to suspend congregational prayers at worship places is a...

  • The Covid-19 life

    Since the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent war on terror, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is the second most consequential development of the...

  • Implications of Soleimani’s killing

    The assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Crops chief General Qassem Soleimani by the US in Baghdad is the most seismic event of the last...

  • Pakistan’s threat landscape in 2019

    In 2019, the downward trajectory of terrorist incidents continued in Pakistan. Since the Army Public School attack in December 2014, Pakistan has...

  • A look back at 2019

    The year 2019 was punctuated with a retreating neo-liberal order, anti-status quo protests, great power competition and persistent threat of violent...

  • A downward spiral

    At the turn of the millennium, India arrived on the world stage as one of the fastest growing economies alongside China, and an emerging global...

  • Dealing with digital IS

    This year has been a bad one for the Islamic State terrorist group. After losing the self-declared physical caliphate in March and Abu Bakr...