Varied voices
THE first Karachi Literature Festival 2010 was the crucible. Since then, each year, it has moved higher up the ladder to its present maturity as the 16th KLF, held this…
Decaying delta
THE Indus delta, once a pristine ecosystem, has lost its glory. Listed amongst the 40 most biologically rich ecoregions in the world, it is also a Ramsar site. Unfortunately, its mangrove forests…
Our Kashmir strategy
Since October 27, 1947, Occupied Kashmir has been the primary issue between Pakistan and India. Pakistan has a consistent stance that the dispute should be resolved according to the United…
Lessons from foreign policy management ( Part – II )
Foreign policy is not made in a vacuum or a stagnant pool. It is like sailing in an open ocean; you have to change gear and tact in response to…
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…
MARSEW 2023: geo-politics and geo-economics in Indian Ocean
The current era is defined by geo-economics driving geo-politics. It has become imperative need for countries, especially the developing ones, to prioritize geo-economics which could then translate itself as consequential…
India policy revisited
PAKISTAN’S India policy has generally suffered from the constant tussle between wishful thinking based on merely legal and moral arguments, on the one hand, and the compulsions of power realities…
India’s settler colonialism
Let there be no mistake. Pakistan is now confronted with the clear and present danger of India’s settler colonialism in the Kashmiri homeland. From Pakistan, a viable policy response is…
Reckoning with India
It is not unusual for retired civil servants to reflect on the past. In a recent interview to an Indian journalist, however, former diplomat Abdul Basit Khan has twisted facts,…
Kashmir question
THERE is now a certain urgency to the question ‘what next’ after India and Pakistan agreed last month to a ceasefire along the LoC and “all other sectors”. Time is…
