4D Chess by PTI standards: India’s Foreign Minister slams same ‘liberal media’ PTI keeps pandering to

22 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

'English-speaking liberal media biased, covered Kashmir unfairly - India's Foreign Minister' - 22 October 2019, RT A crude exhibition of the typical cheap brand of low-cunning possessed by Indian political…

Upcoming anti-Pakistan Congress hearing on Kashmir described as ‘achievement’ by pro-PTI media

21 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Another example exemplifying PTI's fruitless and futile pandering to the US system and its repeated, shoddy attempts to paint their efforts as yielding anything at all can be seen in…

IoK’s annexation shows that PTI’s appeasement policy is a failure

9 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Did Pakistan really believe constantly making un-reciprocated peace gestures was going to make India's ruling BJP decide to not go ahead with the annexation of Indian-occupied Kashmir? i.e Something that has been…

The Frankenstein monster that is PTI-era ‘patriotism’ and Imran’s failed Kashmir activism

22 Sep 20194 Dec 2019

I really need to get this out there. My thoughts on certain upsetting trends put into place at the worst possible time in history by the Imran Khan-led PTI government…

Putting Pakistan’s ‘Israel Question’ into geostrategic context

18 Sep 201925 Oct 2019

Published originally by the Islamabad Policy Institute on 18 September 2019. Informed discourse on Israel, the Middle East and current geopolitical affairs pertaining to Israel is not stimulating the current…

Should Pakistan expect US withdrawal from Afghanistan?

16 Sep 201925 Oct 2019

I'm resharing this piece from a few months earlier where I expressed skepticism over the US-Taliban peace talks' prospects. This is founded in some very consequential, very long-term and very…

The Pakistan-India info-war and the Israeli X Factor

12 Jul 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to Regional Rapport on 12 July 2019. Regardless of how weak India’s media propaganda might be, Pakistan still has much to do in gaining the upper hand against…

Is Iran pursing a self-sabotaging policy toward Pakistan?

2 May 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to CRSS Blog on 2 May 2019. Ideology has always been central in Iran’s foreign policy and acted as both a means of pursuing its national interests and…

The Indo-US nexus strengthens as the Atlantic Council censors Pakistan’s military

11 Apr 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to Eurasia Future on 9 April 2019. On 1 April, the Atlantic Council lent its Digital Forensic Lab (DFR) services to Facebook and its cybersecurity team in endeavour…