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Shadowy alliances and the expected reemergence of ISIS

As the enigmatic backing behind ISIS is scrutinized, a complex web of alliances including alleged support from US emerges raising questions about the group's rapid rise, fall and potential resurgence in the shifting landscape of global conflict

Dawood Ibrahim: The man, myth and most wanted in mainstream culture

Widely regarded to be living in Karachi for several decades now, his interest and connections with India remain alive as ever with keen professional, commercial and personal interests in the two pillars of our country as a community, cricket and Bollywood

Vantage | What Pakistan Army chief can hope to bring back from his US visit

As General Munir strives to reset US-Pakistan relations, the complexities surrounding financial dependencies, security threats and geopolitical challenges underscore the uphill battle he faces

As Osama becomes the new Left-‘liberal’ hero, time to revisit notions of Islamic land and authoritarian ethics

The fight is not against Israeli ‘atrocities’ or ‘highhandedness’ but against the very existence of Israel. The real battle is against the humanistic, democratic world order by those pursuing authoritarian ethics of both Godless and God-fearing ideologies

Biting those hands that fed them: How TTP, ISKP are threatening Pakistan's national security

Whether it is Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic State-Khorasan, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban, they have all thrived in the jihadist ecosystem that the Pakistani Army has created and sustained

Qatar's role in Israel-Hamas war: Brokering peace or fuelling conflict?

It is equally paradoxical to notice that the sponsor of the conflict is going to resolve it

Amid rising terrorism in Pakistan, it's time to take note of the red lights ahead

Pakistan faces growing security threats as the newly emerged Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan and a network of extremist groups contribute to escalating violence, potentially jeopardising the nation's stability and its nuclear weapons

How Israel was lulled into a false sense of security as Hamas launched ‘never-ending’ war

Today, as Israel launches full-scale war to defeat the terror menace, it needs total, unconditional global support; it would be reprehensible to compare its retaliatory act with Hamas’ nihilistic, jihadist violence

Hamas is like ISIS, Al Qaeda, only wants annihilation of Jewish state: Israel envoy Gilad Erdan at UN

Erdan condemned the attack and also highlighted the failure of Israeli intelligence, saying that this was Israel's 9/11 and that the country would do everything to bring its people back home.

Pakistan copies the Canadian cat against India only to be shot in the foot like Ottawa

Pakistan should be presented with a mirror large enough for it to take stock of its own actions and their inevitable consequences