Electric vehicle uptake challenge
Globally, countries are rapidly moving towards the electrification of its transport sector in a bid to reduce their oil import bill and their carbon footprint in line with the Paris…
Britain’s new captain
Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, is being called by many ‘the British Trump.’ It’s an easy comparison, given their quirky, confrontational styles, prominent blond hair, tribal politics and xenophobic…
PM Kaptaan and his captaincy
Sooner or later Prime Minister Imran Khan will have to overcome the shock and awe of having become prime minister. Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif are in jail. Maryam Nawaz…
Captain Khan can
Given the history of democracy, or lack of it, in much of the Islamic world, it is incredibly uplifting when a Muslim country manages to choose its leaders democratically. The…
The Kaptaan and the Maulana
For more than a decade, Imran Khan was the angriest person in Pakistan. In the new division of labour, the burden of anger has shifted to his sworn enemies. The…
Unacceptable remarks
In their eagerness to prove loyalty to their party leadership, following the Supreme Court verdict, Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider and Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman seemed to have lost…
Captain Aladin and religious minorities
We know that religion is the last refuge of a scoundrel. However, we did not know that our national son-in-law, Captain (r) Safdar, was so keen to join the league…
Kaptaan and his billions
Imran Khan has made history yet again by declining the biggest lifafa ever offered in Pakistan. We are not surprised that the great Khan refused to take the envelope containing…
Mobilising finance for climate change adaptation
The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2014 has identified Pakistan as the third most vulnerable country to climate change. The impacts of climate change in Pakistan are difficult to deny. Scientists,…
The Saudi temptation
There has, as yet, not been any denial of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s mumbled comments during a TV interview last week about retired Gen Raheel Sharif being appointed the chief…
