Violations of privacy rights
Pakistan not only faces economic and political challenges but has also to contend with multiple pressing issues highlighting the complexities of country’s socio-political topography and diverse array of obstacles it…
Cross-border CT operations?
In his column for The Friday Times this week, titled ‘Pakistan needs a proactive Afghanistan policy’, Ejaz Haider has argued for Pakistan to “change the defensive mindset and go for…
Violations and the LoC
Hundreds have been killed and maimed in the senseless, mindless violence across the Line of Control ever since it came into being in 1972, mostly as a result of the…
Nawaz to raise Indian ceasefire violations with Obama
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the Indian belligerence and unprovoked ceasefire violations at the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary during his meetings with US President…
Whatever happens at the border
One step forward, two steps back. That appears to be the norm of the dysfunctional India-Pakistan relationship. You make a little progress, inch by painful inch, dragging yourself up the…
A very wicked problem
The ongoing strife in Afghanistan makes the conflict a ‘wicked problem’. In 1973, design theorists Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber coined the term ‘wicked problem’ to describe an issue with…
Managing security & economy
MANY interpret the government’s recent reshuffle of the federal cabinet as a way of venting its frustration over a seemingly intractable economic challenge. The reshuffle came days before Prime Minister Imran…
The Sino-India standoff
When the Indian army chief landed in Sikkim on June 29, he found the state and its people in a standoff with China. Over 300 Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims had…
Time for action
The tragedy that struck Pakistan on December 16 (the 43rd anniversary of Pakistan's break-up) shocked the whole nation, as well as governments and people around the world. It was the…
Pakistan-Iran relations: a perspective
Of late, some irritants had developed in Pakistan-Iran relations which have coincided with domestic, regional and international factors. In past October/November, border violations and cross-border firing on Balochistan-Seistan border together…
