The Aam Aadmi Party demystified
After its stunning electoral debut in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party finds itself in a dilemma. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress have offered to support the AAP if…
‘Justice’ in Dhaka
When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid invited President Nelson Mandela to visit Bangladesh in 1997 for the 25th anniversary of the country’s independence, it appeared to be a signal of…
Lethargy is the response
ONE should not be surprised by reports of alleged corruption in the National Counter-Terrorism Authority. Though Nacta is still struggling to become an authority on counterterrorism, it has already started…
The new COAS
Over the past 62 years a total of 13 army chiefs have commanded the 6th largest army on the face of the planet (besides Generals Messervy and Gracey). As per…
Economic concepts in irrigation
Pakistan's endearment with the KB dam is one of those aspects whereby the developing world's agriculture tries to defend itself without understanding the underlying reasons for the inefficiencies in the…
A question of propriety
Since 1977, every government in Pakistan, civil and military alike, has miserably failed to tackle the issues of revenue leakages and illegal accumulation of wealth in a few hands. Every…
Legacy of Benazir Bhutto
27 December 2013 marks the sixth death anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the visionary leader, who resisted with courage the agenda of pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of…
Isolation
The PTI’s brand of politics to secure its vote-bank is proving to be divisive – dangerously divisive. At one level, the PTI is pitching one province against another. At the…
Strategic misconception
I must refer to Sheikh Rashid’s rather blunt enunciation of his philosophy of politics: ‘line and length’, and ‘timing’. Make whatever you can of it, and I don’t know if…
Living up to the name
“When we were in PMA most of us knew Shabbir Sharif would either get the Nishan-i-Haider (posthumously) or become the chief, such was his courage and commitment.” These were the…
