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RIP Sartaj Aziz

ONE by one, those with a memory, and those who played a critical role navigating this country through the many crises it has passed through, are leaving us. The last…

Sartaj Aziz: public service embodied

Very few Pakistanis have made a name for their significant contributions on national and international fronts and are admired for their personal attributes. Sartaj Aziz was one of them –…

The legacy of Sartaj Aziz

Lahore’s renowned educational institutions produced many luminaries, including Allama Iqbal, Patras Bukhari, Abdus Salam, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Another name can be added to the list – Sartaj Aziz who…

Sartaj Aziz 1929-2024

Jinnah’s Pakistan died last week. His name was Sartaj Aziz. Rather than using my own words to capture just how central a figure Sartaj Aziz was to the idea of…

Remembering Sartaj Aziz

Pakistan has lost one of its most outstanding sons and indefatigable soldiers; the nation just a few days back said goodbye to one of the last surviving soldiers of the…

Sartaj And The Afghan Crisis

Sartaj and the Afghan crisis

The inane illusions of the Karzai regime and its habitual outbursts against Pakistan have become a source of laughter even to the philistine. This was again in evidence on Monday…

Broken promises

IT has now been more than five years since the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were merged into KP. The reason the five-year mark is significant is because the government’s plans used…

Empowering Gilgit-Baltistan

THE Gilgit-Baltistan region, the neglected mountainous expanse within the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, has recently risen to prominence. Previously perceived as a remote liability and officially referred to as…

Accounting for change

THE resistance to change in Pakistan is an old problem but it wears a new face every few years. These days the resistance to change is wearing the face of…