New realities
THE state or powerful institutions or people within the state using the law to target individuals and social media to undermine, destabilise and delegitimise individuals, organisations and institutions they think…
Explosive revelations — really?
WHAT is an explosive revelation? In Pakistan, it is when we hear straight from the horse’s mouth something almost every Pakistani knows, such as the contemptuous disregard of the Constitution…
Multiple candidacies
THE by-elections held on Oct 16 were extraordinary for a number of reasons. First, the constituencies were arbitrarily picked for re-election by accepting the resignations of only 11 out of 123 PTI…
Who really needs ‘protocol’?
BACK in 2017, a civilian leader’s relations with his military’s top generals started to crumble. The US president had just returned from overseas with a bright idea: his country ought…
Season of political realignments
WHAT does the recent flurry of political activity signify? A new and more intense phase of political manoeuvring? Stepped up efforts by political parties to mobilise support to strengthen their…
Power-sector realities
Let us proceed step by step in identifying the realities of the power sector that have led to the current crisis and explore remedies in the form of sustainable solutions.…
Capital suggestion: Force multipliers
Gotham is the new force multiplier. Gotham is the battlefield management system that integrates and analyzes vast amounts of data from multiple intelligence streams, including SIGINT (signals intelligence), HUMINT (human…
Export ambitions vs economic realities
While the Government is seeking a 100% increase in exports over the next three years, maintaining even the current level would be miraculous given current economic policies that fail to…
Academia from Iran, Pakistan urged to collaborate in multiple domains
The two-day international conference on ‘Iran-Pakistan Academic-Cultural Dialogue’ concluded on Wednesday with a commitment from heads of academia from both sides to collaborate across multiple domains, leveraging academic and cultural…
CPEC turnaround: how realistic is goal?
President Xi Jinping of China in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed that “China and Pakistan should continue their traditional friendship, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in all…
