Syed Zafar Mehdi

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Iran’s naval drill ‘show of strength’ to U.S.

Iran is preparing to hold a joint naval exercise with China and Russia in the Indian Ocean, the first of its kind since the 1979...

Kartarpur project: Imran Khan’s diplomatic masterstroke

At a time when sabre-rattling between the two South Asian estranged neighbors has escalated to alarming proportions, Pakistan has quite remarkably managed to score...

Why no global outcry over Saudi war in Yemen?

On Sunday, the US intelligence agency confirmed that the brazen killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was ordered by the Saudi crown prince Mohammad...

How China is helping Iran skirt US sanctions

Shortly after the Trump administration reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said eight countries, most notable China, would be exempted...

Pakistan PM’s Saudi affair likely to backfire

Pakistan’s relations with Saudi Arabia flourished during the previous government headed by Nawaz Sharif, primarily due to his personal business interests in the Kingdom...

Taliban talks: Dialogue and violence can’t go together

Dialogue and violence cannot go hand in hand. The first cardinal principle of ‘peace negotiations’ is an unconditional ceasefire. That is how the two...

Top Afghan commander’s killing raises questions

The formidable, flamboyant, maverick police chief of southern Afghan province of Kandahar General Abdul Raziq Achakzai was gunned down in a shootout inside the...

Why US attempts to woo India would fail

After a lot of dilly-dallying, the inaugural India-US ministerial 2+2 dialogue was held in New Delhi on Thursday. The high-profile US delegation was led by...

What should be India’s priority: Energy security or ‘America first’?

Although no final decision has been taken yet by New Delhi, speculation is rife that oil imports from Iran could slow down from August...

U.S. anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan a big disaster

The protracted war in Afghanistan has many convoluted dimensions and needless to say the foreign invaders have failed in almost every way. Their engagement...

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