A US-triggered radical change
In the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's speech was focused on the atrocities being committed by India in the segment of Kashmir that it continues to…
Shades of ‘visionary’ leadership
Last week, during a joint hearing of US Congress's Sub-committees on Terrorism, Nuclear non-proliferation, Trade, and Asia and the Pacific, the subject was "Pakistan: Friend or foe?"Where in many Congressmen…
Obligation-conscious conduct, is it?
On Abdul Sattar Edhi Sahib's sad demise, the Chairman Senate rightly said that, for six decades, Edhi Foundation kept providing humanitarian emergency services and protection to the impoverished, disabled, and…
A case for reviewing nuclear power plants
Last month, something interesting and unusual happened in Britain that should give a pause to Islamabad as it walks in a certain direction without thinking what lies in store. July…
Denying the undeniable
Following their tradition of passing the buck whenever things go wrong, politicians are blaming the country's intelligence agencies for the terrorist attack on Quetta's Civil Hospital wherein 72 innocent humans…
Viewpoint: After the Quetta carnage
The terrorist strike at Quetta's civil hospital that left over 70 people dead, 55 of them lawyers and two TV cameramen, and wounding at least 100 others two of whom…
National security: disastrous policymaking
Input will dictate output – almost always. So what is the input that is going into our national security and foreign policymaking that has produced such a bungled output? Let’s…
Drowning in hyperbole
The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV. We are real suckers for high-pitch hyperbole. It infects us quicker than a virus.…
Privatisation: a perspective
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."-George Orwell: The federal government has announced its policy decision aimed at privatising state-owned entities (SOEs). This decision…
The Indo-US alliance
Recently US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter reportedly opened a meeting with senior Pakistani military leaders by declaring: “I must tell you, I am a friend of India.” The statement, besides…
