By Murtaza Shibli Bahukutumbi Raman, a former spy master at the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – India’s premier Indian spy agency created with a special focus on Pakistan –  in his book, ‘The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane’ (2007), gloats over the creation of Bangladesh and calls it the finest hour in the history of RAW. Since then …

By Hussain H Zaidi The separation of East Pakistan on December 16, 1971 was the culmination of a long process spreading over two decades. It cannot be put down to the ambition or stubbornness of a single general, politician or political party. The federation of Pakistan, which came into being in 1947 had two remarkable features which contributed a lot …

BY: Sultan M Hali On the 15th Anniversary of China’s entry into WTO November 11, 2001, marked a red letter day in the history of China’s trade – nay, the world’s trade, commerce and economy, when Shi Guangsheng, the then Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, signed the protocol on China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in …

By Muhammad Azam Khan Earlier, last year the security of Gwadar port was entrusted to Pakistan Navy. The task has since been conscientiously executed via an agile and efficient Marine battalion of the navy. Sited roughly 635 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border by road, Pakistan’s strategic port of Gwadar constitutes what may be called “bedrock” …

BY Dr Kamal Monnoo Pakistan must change tactics in the post Obama world Well, in less than a month Mr. Trump is poised to become the most powerful man in the world and here in Pakistan we have a government and its foreign office still struggling to decipher how to constructively engage him. Being somewhat linked with the diplomatic corps, …

President Trump has signaled that he will seek dialogue with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Trump has rightly shown that (1) he will resist rigid thinking and outmoded Cold War attitudes, which are too prevalent in both the United States and Russia; and (2) he will pursue relations with Russia grounded on U.S. interests and the search for areas of potential …