Unite and rule
Divide and rule was the dreaded curse. Historically, the British Empire was blamed for playing the divide and rule strategy to fester, create and sustain conflict in territories they enslaved…
The Kashmir challenge
INDIA cancelled talks with Pakistan blaming it for ‘acts of terror’, along with a vicious attack on the newly elected prime minister. Pakistanis and Indians back their own versions regarding…
Ban all terrorism
FOREIGN ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met in Istanbul after the “savage terrorist attack which took the lives of 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch”. Notably, while the New…
Parliamentary friendship
It is a matter of great privilege that National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has acknowledged my selfless struggle to promote regional peace and interfaith harmony by appointing me as the…
Congratulations Fata
Finally, all the constitutional requirements to merge the (now formerly) Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata) with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have been fulfilled successfully. Geographically, Fata is a…
When, when, when?
When will we, as a nation and a state, stop being the world’s favourite whipping boy and rediscover our dignity and self-respect? Of course, the people are simply being plummeted…
The Indo-Israeli bonhomie
Since the contemporary international system is largely anarchic, it is not astonishing to watch two oppressive and ultra-right wing governments overtly embracing each other despite their gross human rights violations…
Criticality of incredible leadership
Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles as a far-flung trading post for the British East India Company in 1819 on a small island leased from the Sultan of…
Kashmir goes on bleeding
According to reports, the Indian security forces and police killed more than 20 people in Kashmir who were protesting against the assassination of Burhan Wani, a leader of the Hizbul…
Why break the relationship?
The US agenda with Pakistan pre-9/11 was, in order of priority viz (1) nuclear non-proliferation (2) terrorism and (3) drugs, with the Taliban government in Afghanistan figuring prominently in the…
