Cultural invasions
LAST week, Karachi and Lahore were invaded by cohorts of culture. In Karachi, the Endowment Fund Trust, managed by A. Hamid Akhund and Hameed Haroon, reincarnated Alexander the Great by…
Pakistan’s December invasion
IT’S December, and once more, Pakistanis living abroad have descended upon Karachi in the manner of Mongol hordes looking to seize the city. They pack the restaurants, throng the weddings,…
Markets roll back fears of big ground invasion
A recent Bloomberg report notes: Asked on Friday whether Israel should delay the ground operation, President Joe Biden told reporters “Yes.” However, the White House later clarified that the president…
US spy agency probes sabotage of satellite internet during Russian invasion: sources
Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access in Ukraine coinciding with Russia’s invasion, according to three people with direct knowledge of…
Five scenarios for Ukraine after Russia invasion
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began three weeks ago. Here are possible scenarios for what happens next, according to Western government and military sources and think-tank experts. Military quagmire Ukrainian forces…
Invasions
Invasion’ read the headlines in our newspapers. 19 years ago in March 2002, it was the US invading Iraq. Today it’s Russia invading Ukraine. The stupidity of it all. When…
After the invasion
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has created a global outcry. From the UN to the EU, all major regional and international bodies and organisations have condemned the attack and…
An illegal invasion
I’m not a war correspondent, and I don’t have a Ph D in political science. But I have seen these conflicts firsthand, and I have felt the effects. Like many…
Judicial invasion
For a country which is notorious for not following the law, in any manifestation of its practices — constitutional, civic or corporate — we are now faced with a judicial…
KP and the USAID crisis
On January 20, following the US president's Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning US Foreign Aid, all US-related government to government (G2G) development projects and activities have been suspended in…
