Yasmeen Aftab Ali

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In this effort India may very well axe herself in her foot by providing a lifeline to Lockheed Martin in producing F16s that becomes a white elephant as soon as the first aircraft rolls off the pr

“We’ll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.”Institutions must be stronger than individuals. PML-N was politically wise to accept the Supreme Court Judgment unanimously

The writing was on the wall. Pentagon refused to pay Pakistan military $300 in military reimbursements. This followed when US secretary of Defence Ash Carter informed Congress of Pakis

Giving alms has convinced the US that Pakistan must be at her beck and call like a tea-boy "USA looking towards increasing boots on ground clearly spells out that Taliban are strong in Afgh

For Pakistan, this membership must be intelligently capitalised upon by developing close knit ties with member states, developing their trust in Pakistan and her future for business and investment pur

“It will not be long before we get this phone call from Saudi Arabia, ‘Are you with us or against us?’ Are we ready to take that call?”   The news of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/06/12/a-sticky-gulf-wicket/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Afghanistan has multidimensional issues. One set of issues stems from internal structural causes. The second set stems from involvement of other countries that too impacts the internal structural issu

Whether it is Libya, Yemen, Iraq or Syria; nationalism has not been a binding force for these states. The Arab nations all suffer from the malaise of being fragmented into clans, tribes, the local ric

She is a maid. A poor woman struggling to feed her four daughters. The husband wanted a son. In the desire to have a son he does not remarry, she had three abortions/miscarriages and four daughters. A

Many recent developments point towards a tight rope Pakistan will be walking that will require smart diplomacy- a quality rarely practiced. Recently, Daniel Coats presented an assessment before the Senate Select Committee<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/15/walking-the-tight-rope/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Revisiting the past is often cathartic Viewing a student wearing a beautifully elegant classic gharara with traditional jewellery, one can only be reminded of the timeless gracefulness of the dress now lost<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/09/timelessly-classic/" title="Read more" >...</a>