Jinnah’s citizens
HISTORIANS have aptly noted that Jinnah kept his notion of Pakistan ambiguous — more promised homeland and less concrete reality, a tactical manoeuvre that ensured its clarion call would appeal…
Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?
With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo. Once the dust settles, future course of action will unfold as…
Jittery markets struggle with South Africa coalition puzzle
The prospect of South Africa’s first coalition government of the post-apartheid era is likely to keep markets jittery for months, but the weakened ANC party could soothe some nerves by…
Entertainment or jingoism?
Anti-Pakistan propaganda remains a recurrent theme in numerous Bollywood movies. Movies such as ‘Border’, ‘LoC Kargil’, ‘Raazi’, and ‘Uri’ carry an anti-Pakistan perspective as a central theme to the plot.…
JIT is no answer
THE federal government has formed a joint investigation team comprising officers of various investigation and intelligence agencies to “ascertain the facts behind a malicious social media campaign against Supreme Court judges”. Three…
Cash-rich Exxon, Chevron use stock for mega deals amid energy market jitters
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are flush with cash yet their acquisition targets are taking stock as the only form of payment, an arrangement that allows the two largest US energy…
Afghan jihad and Kashmir
ampa, Florida, is a long way from South Asia, but in mid-2011 I was there to attend a conference on Pakistan at the headquarters of the US Central Command as…
The JI and the jiyalas
The PPP is not quite the party it used to be and today there are more people in the vicinity who wince at the mere mention of it than perhaps…
RIU is holding its 17 th Convocation on , 7th & 8th January 2023 at Jinnah Convention Centre
Riphah International University is holding its 17th Convocation on Saturday and Sunday, 7th & 8th January 2023 at Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad. More than 1600 students from Undergraduate, Graduate and…
Whither Jinnah’s vision?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Quiad-e-Azam, not only won a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Subcontinent but also identified the issues that confronted the new state which needed to be…
