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Let the games begin

Minority sports are games played by fewer people than say cricket which has become the dominant giant of our sporting calendar and is claiming the largest share of funding and…

Power games

Afghanistan, a land of breathtaking beauty torn by ethnic, tribal and religious divisions, has been at the center of geopolitical contests for centuries. It has been almost two decades since…

India’s disinformation games

On December 9, 2020 the EU-based watchdog DisinfoLab uncovered an Indian disinformation network, operating since 2005, tasked solely with promoting India and damaging the reputations of nations it is at…

The Hunger Games

The hunger games

The statement that hunger has reached crisis proportions in Pakistan may come as a surprise to anyone eating at a plush restaurant or walking down the well-stocked aisle of an…

What’s in a name?

PAKISTAN holds an unusual pack of cards. It has no kings. They have been either deposed, exiled, assassinated, or hanged. It has no queens. One potential qualifier Miss Fatima Jinnah…

75 and tottering

AMPUTATED at 25, Pakistan is tottering at 75. Every institution is wobbling and governance has descended into a farce. The veils that had papered reality now lie on the floor…

A gold medal – and a scramble for glory

Arshad Nadeem’s feat in the Paris Olympics was winning a gold medal for Pakistan and setting an Olympic record in javelin throw with the longest throw by any male javelin…