War of missed opportunities
The 1965 war was a product of the unresolved Kashmir conflict and unrealistically ambitious assumptions such as ruling out the possibility of India retaliating when confronted with defeat in the…
The Faiz phenomenon
FORMER spymaster retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed’s arrest and the news that he may be facing a field general court martial for activities prejudicial to the military’s rules and regulations have understandably generated…
Swinging Sialkot
Sialkot is in the news again. For the wrong reasons. As an alumnus of Sialkot, let me cast some light on swinging Sialkot of the 1960s. My father was posted…
Poland turns to fossil fuel soulmate Trump as coal output flags
"Whenever you need energy, just give us a call," US President Donald Trump said on a visit to Poland in the summer. Now, with winter setting in, Warsaw is taking…
Waking up to post-Covid healthcare
THE article ‘Optimising Covid-19 TRIPS waiver’ (Dawn, May 21), by Dr Zafar Mirza should serve as guidance and motivation to the Pakistan government and the pharmaceutical industry. I wish to…
A socialist approach
Cuba’s socialist approach to developing vaccines against Covid-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba’s production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to…
Hub of peace
Recently, via the platform of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, I had availed the opportunity to visit North Waziristan, adjacent to the Afghan border. This mountainous region, with…
Three men, three questions
You gotta hand it to Raheel. He really does do things his way. A general quitting two-thirds of the way in, a full 10 months before retirement? Now that’s Naya…
The original sin
The government’s controversial Prevent programme aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists, but it would be much more effective if it taught British political leaders not to engage in wars that…
No time left
Today, humanity faces a situation unique in the 200,000 year existence of our species Homo sapiens sapiens, and unique in the 2 million year existence of our genus, Homo: the…
