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Trump’s first foreign trips only indicate one thing…. Global Village Space | Jawad Falak | US president Donald Trump’s first official visit to the Middle East has been making rounds among nearly all the media circles of the world. Experts, academics, and observers were waiting to see how the...

The reason why Trump ignored Pakistan Global Village Space | The Trump administration’s foreign policy regarding Pakistan, or rather its lack of, has to a certain degree manifested and we saw it on display at the Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia this week. In his address to the Muslim world in...

US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian War? Global Village Space | Manzar Qureshi | Amid pomp and grandeur, President Donald Trump delivered his much awaited “speech on Islam” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After praising the warm hospitality, he went on to discuss...

What sinister politics is behind Nisar’s new found love for the Army? Global Village Space | News Analysis | On Tuesday, the Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, defending the government’s drive against social media activists, said the government would not give a free hand to social...

China killing CIA spies, but why is the US spying on China? Global Village Space | Jacob G. Hornberger | In its May 20 edition, the New York Times reported that between 2010 and 2012, China executed at least a dozen spies for the CIA. The report, which was based on information received from...

Why is China keeping India from joining the NSG? Global Village Space | News Analysis | China indicated on Monday it will not support India’s entry to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at the elite bloc’s plenary meeting in June unless a universal formula is evolved for accepting applications...

Indian lies become increasingly ridiculous Global Village Space | In its most recent attempt to malign Pakistan through lies and further its baseless narrative, Indian media has published a total fabrication regarding statements from a retired Pakistan Army officer. On Wednesday, online...

Increasing anti-Pakistan rhetoric: What is making India more adventurous? Global Village Space | News Analysis | On Tuesday in a tweet, Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said that the [Indian] government fully supported alleged attacks of the Indian Army across the LoC, terming them as...

Fragile foreign policy: Pakistan at the mercy of a new super power? Global Village Space | Ghulam Mustafa | Gen Zia Ul Haq, for all his faults, understood Arab psyche very well. I recall his words to our Advisory Team in Qatar, “I am very pleased that Qataris have greatly appreciated your...

Trump’s speech in Riyadh, in fact, proves that the US needs Iran Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Saudi Arabian government didn’t do well to schedule US President Donald Trump’s speech at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit at Riyadh for May 21. Just a day earlier, the headlines in...

Pak army disregards Indian claims of destroying Pak check post Global Village Space | On Tuesday, today, Indian media aired a video which shows the destruction of a supposed Pakistan Army post. The video in question was not dated and showed a ramshackle structure, which appeared uninhabited...

FATA reforms delay leading to political acrimony Global Village Space | The effort to merge Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is continuously encountering road blocks erected by the government. Last week, in a National Assembly session called to discuss Fata reforms, the government failed to garner...

US-Iran ties: Has the US kicked the hornet’s nest? Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | I have in my personal collection a riveting document relating to the great plunder of the state resources of post-Soviet Russia in the early nineties with the connivance of American advisors seconded...

Seema Sirohi attacks Pakistan: Do her words hold meaning? Global Village Space | Jamal Hussain | “Pakistan continues playing the victim card to reap maximum benefit from the US,” was the title of an article by Seema Sirohi in the Economic Times. The Economic Times is India’s leading business...

Pak-Afghan ties: A true hope for betterment or yet another false alarm? Global Village Space | Imtiaz Gul | Afghanistan’s Khaama Press news agency on Saturday quoted President Ashraf Ghani as saying that “Pakistan is in isolation but an isolated Pakistan is not in favor of Afghanistan.” The...

The Devil inside every human invention... Global Village Space | Dr. Farid A. Malik | It’s the oldest fight in history. The age old idiom, ‘The devil is in the detail’ holds good for all manmade systems. Divine networks have the luxury of self-correction as such the devil is contained. Humans...

Will CPEC have a negative impact rich culture of Pakistan? Global Village Space | Raheel Hassan | The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a buzz-word in the region today. China finds it as a conduit to expand its tentacles, while Pakistan thinks that it can propel its fledgling economy...

What has Saudi Arabia lost in the attempt to please its 'master'? Global Village Space | Sufian Qazi | A long time ago, a wild dog visited a city to meet his urban dog friend. The wild dog was skinny, weak, and sapless as he had to ramble all over the forest to deal with his hunger. However...

The Afghan Quagmire: Kabul is not the only victim! Global Village Space | Saad Yousaf | Over the last few weeks, the unwieldy Unity government in Kabul has been facing multifaceted challenges. Afghan Taliban’s gains in Northern Afghanistan soon after the Mazar-e-Sharif tragedy are an...

19 killed in suspected terror attack at Ariana Grande concert Global Village Space | At least 19 people have been killed and 50 injured in a suspected suicide bomber attack at a concert in Manchester on Monday night. The blast occurred at the end of the concert of US singer Ariana Grande and is...