Umair Jamal
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Changes to Indus Water Treaty Could Raise Hostility Between India, Pakistan
Many in Islamabad believe India’s threats are meant to strengthen Prime Minister Modi’s electoral prospects in upcoming general elections. → Read More
Pakistan in No Mood for Another Ceasefire with TTP
Greater clarity on the government’s strategy toward the banned group has emerged after an NSC meeting. → Read More
General Qamar Javed Bajwa: Pakistan’s Democratic General
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff sought to ensure that the military confined itself to the role defined for it under the constitution. → Read More
Why Is Imran Khan Politicking While Floods Devastate Pakistan?
The former PM does not want to weaken the momentum his campaign has built up against his political foes. → Read More
Imran Khan Pushing Hard for Early Elections
Pakistan’s former PM is confident that free and fair polls would bring him back to power. → Read More
Did Pakistan Help the US Take Out al-Zawahiri?
If it did, Pakistan could see an improvement in its economic situation and relations with Washington. → Read More
Does Pakistan Have the Capability to Secure CPEC Projects?
China doesn’t think so and is pressuring Islamabad to deploy Chinese private security personnel to guard its projects and nationals in Pakistan. → Read More
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Takes on the West
Imran’s Khan’s tirade against the U.S. comes at a time when he is facing serious political challenges at home. → Read More
Will Beijing Heed Pakistan’s Request for Loans?
Their friendship may be doing well rhetorically, but Islamabad’s reliance on Chinese money is creating complications for Pakistan. → Read More
Pakistan’s Ruling Party Is Under Attack From Within
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government is being criticized publicly by legislators from his party. → Read More
Blasphemy Killing Could Cast a Shadow on Pakistan’s Economy
Why would foreign investors want to visit Pakistan if they could get lynched on accusations of blasphemy? → Read More
Could the Taliban Get India and Pakistan to Cooperate?
Pakistan’s opening of the overland trade route to Indian humanitarian aid to Afghanistan came on the Taliban’s nudging. → Read More
Imran Khan Seals Deal With the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
Will the Pakistani government concede to the TTP demand for implementation of Sharia in tribal areas? → Read More
Pakistan’s TLP Emerges Stronger From Protests
The Imran Khan government’s secret deal with the banned group will get the latter off the streets but at a price. → Read More
Tumultuous Days Ahead for Prime Minister Imran Khan
Economic turmoil, mass protests and a spat with the military are among a string of crises that the Pakistan government is battling at home. → Read More
Storm Clouds Hang Over ‘All-Weather’ Sino-Pakistani Friendship
Attacks on Chinese nationals working in CPEC projects in Pakistan have drawn China’s ire. → Read More
Pakistan’s Great Expectations of the Taliban
Taliban leaders would not want to appear as Pakistan’s pawns as that would undermine their stature among the rank and file. → Read More
The TTP Has Redefined Its Goals: Should Pakistan Be Worried?
In a recent interview, TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud called for an independent state in Pakistan’s tribal areas. → Read More
Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi’s Reported Remark Triggers a Storm
The remark prompted Afghans to mock him for acting as the Taliban’s spokesperson. → Read More
Elections in Pakistan’s Kashmir Highlight Domination by Mainland Parties
The election campaign saw little discussion of Pakistan’s territorial claims over Indian-administered Kashmir. → Read More