Trump’s TV jingle for N-weapons
AMERICA’S Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran, saw two unhinged nuclear weapons states jointly attacking one that had shunned the bomb by a religious edict. Was it then…
Russia’s clampdown on Tajik migrants raises economic and security risks
When Abubakr Yusufi boarded a flight to Moscow in July, he thought he wouldn’t be home for years. The 23-year-old from a small village in Tajikistan hoped to join his…
Betting on Beijing
As Pakistan celebrates a decade since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was launched this year, the country found another immediate reason to celebrate its ties to its ‘iron brother’. Last week’s…
Parts of a jigsaw
TO reassemble the origins of Pakistan, one needs time, money and luck. Collectors of deltiology (the study and collection of postcards) need all three to make sense of Pakistan’s jigsaw…
‘Retaliate’: Trump tariff talk spurs global jitters, preparations
Donald Trump’s tariff threats have rattled foreign businesses and governments, with many fearing it could signal the opening salvo of an all-out trade war when he returns to the White…
Jinnah’s children
WE still haven’t figured out exactly who Mohammad Ali Jinnah — Quaid-i-Azam — is or was, even in 2024. Westernised liberal secular, or champion of religious freedom for Muslims? Brilliant…
Jinnah and Gandhi
HECTOR Bolitho’s biography, Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan, doesn’t get the attention it deserves, even though it was the Quaid-e-Azam’s first biography in English by an internationally recognised author. American writer…
Jinnah’s citizens
HISTORIANS have aptly noted that Jinnah kept his notion of Pakistan ambiguous — more promised homeland and less concrete reality, a tactical manoeuvre that ensured its clarion call would appeal…
Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?
With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo. Once the dust settles, future course of action will unfold as…
Jittery markets struggle with South Africa coalition puzzle
The prospect of South Africa’s first coalition government of the post-apartheid era is likely to keep markets jittery for months, but the weakened ANC party could soothe some nerves by…
