Turkey tremor evokes questions over building standards
The apartments they once industriously spent so long saving up for, decorating and making comfortable now lie in a heap of rubble after a violent quake hit Turkey. New and…
Resilient Pakistan
Pakistan has successfully conducted the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan with the support of the UN in Geneva to garner international support for the rehabilitation of flood victims. The…
The forever ideology
Calls for regime change in Iran, Lula’s presidential victory in Brazil, the latest democratic wave in Turkey, and huge pro-democracy protests in Mexico indicate the rise of the Left and…
The morning after November 29
Welcome to November 22, 2022. There are now only seven short, autumnal days to go. Exactly one week from today, Pakistan will breathe a sigh of relief (or shudder with…
The nuclear threat
There is visible nervousness. Events of the last three weeks are indicating gradual penetration of disappointment, lassitude and desperation in Putin’s camp. Indubitably, Putin is worried about the repeated failures…
A shift in Nato
For the obvious reason of a smoldering war on the eastern fringe of Europe, the just-concluded Nato summit in Madrid, which took place within a few days after the EU…
New blocs
First of all, I would like to congratulate COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who was awarded the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class during his visit to Saudi Arabia in…
Nobody writes to the rebel anymore (With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.)
While Pakistan and the world reel in shock, horror, condemnation and mourning for the barbaric massacre of Muslims at Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019, the…
@AngelaMerkel: Will Germany ever have a tweeting chancellor?
Angela Merkel is poised to win her fourth election without having tweeted once. While campaigns around the world are increasingly shaped on Twitter, Merkel is one of the last world…
Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
Persecution of the poor and marginalised Rohingya Muslims at the hands of Buddhist majority in Myanmar has a long history, but since 2012, they are victims of the state-backed genocide.…
