The poverty of world leaders
No justice is mentioned in these leaked documents, even a civil discourse on highly important issues is absent. There are no signs of any major concern for peace based on…
IMF chief says Biden-Xi engagement an important signal for world to cooperate
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday this week’s meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a badly needed signal that the…
Pakistan: leadership crisis
The primary constituents of economic growth encompass physical capital, infrastructure, human capital, and technology. Pakistan stands among those nations where growth rates have not aligned with its developmental profile for…
The changing world order: a perspective
Driven by spectacular economic excellence and independence of countries, which for years remained subjugated under the domains of one or the other superpower — the US and the then Soviet…
World watches a genocide in silence
Injustice, tyranny, torture, oppression, repression, fascism, and such other lethal implements, when perpetrated, do not carry the face of the inflictors, but they symbolize a mindset which is gruesome in…
Failing to keep up with a changing world
For the last three decades, Pakistanis have been preoccupied with jihad in their neighbourhood and an unending internal power struggle at home. As a result, Pakistan’s national discourse has failed…
The amazing world of discovery
We live in an amazing world of discovery where truth is often stranger than fiction. Thanks to technological advancements, we do not need seeds any more to grow plants as…
Pakistan, Palestine and the World Court
Pakistan has an important opportunity to support Palestinian rights at the World Court and in doing so to advance key principles of international law that protect human rights globally. In…
Unburdened leaders
He is a man unburdened by past baggage. His actions resonate louder than his words. Only someone untethered by personal baggage can wholeheartedly embrace across-the-board accountability. Trust in leadership is…
Pakistan’s place in a changing world
It’s a shame that Pakistan is going down the gutter just when a changing, increasingly multipolar world is triggering a “battle of offers” between big powers as they rush to…
