Soldier’s soldier will do right by us
All the noise being made by various players jockeying for power in and around the federal capital has not distracted me for a moment from the feat of that remarkable…
Of civil and military relations
As the baton has now passed to Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, there is no shortage of free advice consisting of dos’ and don’ts for the new army chief. While some…
With refugees here to stay, hosts get help to make them an asset
With hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees risking their lives trying to reach Europe in the last couple of years, wealthy governments have woken up to the need to do…
Dubious accountability
The accountability law of Pakistan was promulgated by Gen Pervez Musharraf a few weeks after seizing power. It was intended to provide legal justification for the coup d’état. The pretext…
A bumpy road ahead
Interpreting Donald Trump is the new normal for the world, with good reason. The newly minted leader of the not-so-free world can in theory, and over time, reshape the fabric…
Between the intervals
Big news can trigger a big debate, which is always a healthy process in itself. A well-articulated exchange of ideas has the potential to change our perceptions and positively contribute…
Who is a patriot?
While on the one hand the calls to war currently being bandied about by hawks on both sides of the Pakistan-India border should have us all worried, on the other…
China’s economic development: Confucian values
China's dynamism is as much a function of its burgeoning economy as of following Confucian ethics. For the first time the birthday of Confucius (551-478 BC) was officially celebrated in…
Countering violent extremism
Political turmoil is fast becoming a permanent feature of Pakistan’s state of affairs. While political opposition and dissent are generally deemed positive democratic norms, in Pakistan’s context, however, these are…
Waterfall days
Pakistan's transition from water-rich to water-stressed didn’t come without fair warning. At the turn of the ’90s, experts predicted that freshwater resources in the country would dwindle substantially and become…
