Religious divide
RELIGION is a vital social institution which helps people make sense of their existence, compartmentalise their traumas and, in the process, find a sense of normality within the chaos of…
A test of leadership
THERE can be no doubt that Pakistan is polarised and divided today as at no other point in the past. This was once again highlighted this past week when the…
Strategic leadership and statecraft — Part I
For Pakistanis in their present condition, it would be irrelevant to discuss strategic leadership and statecraft without reference to the realities that prevail in the world and their country. Constitutionally,…
DeSantis and his backers paid $95,000 to Iowa religious leader’s group, documents show
As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian…
Visionary leadership
Every human being in this world comes for a limited time period. However, those who perform great deeds for the welfare of humanity succeeded in living the hearts of people…
Religious extremist terrorism’s spread
Recent events in Mozambique centring on religious extremist terrorists seizing Pemba, the capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which triggered a mass exodus of local people and foreigners…
Religious bigotry
Priyantha Kumara was my country’s proud foreign worker. He hailed from Sri Lanka, and practised a faith alien to many of us. Those were his brief but illustrative credentials, as…
Stoking religious sentiments
The Indian War of Independence (or the 1857 Indian Mutiny as the British call it) did not start as a "War of Independence" by Indians against Britishers. The British East…
Imposing leadership
Since the creation of Pakistan, artificial leadership has been imposed on its people, which has not only undermined the federation but also damaged the social fabric of the country. This…
Allure of toxic leaders
A modern state is made up of two imperatives: state sovereignty and national integration. It ceases to be a state in the true sense when any of the two is…
