The great CPEC mirage
IF you think China is gearing up for another round of massive business investments in Pakistan then I have a power plant to sell you. No such thing is about to happen…
Tragedy of the commons?
IN 2012, Northern Ireland launched an environmental initiative that escalated into the notorious Cash for Ash scandal. Originally designed to tackle energy issues, the plan ironically made the problem worse.…
Lone ‘rager’
IN 2009, as I was planning my return home from Hanoi, I told a group of friends I wanted to become active in politics, maybe eventually contest elections. I had…
A predictable tragedy
THE eruption of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and war in Gaza was a crisis waiting to happen. The conditions for this tragic turn of events were created by Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine for over…
Cause for legit outrage
“WHEN I was brought into prison, a jail official told me not to worry because I’d get bailed out in 15 days. I shuddered at the prospect of having to…
Roots of the rage
FOR the world, war is another means to conduct politics, but in Pakistan, the law is the only means to conduct politics. After a brief detour — via the streets…
Chasing mirages
THE last time an army chief met the business community in the midst of a sharply deteriorating economy, we saw a string of policy gimmicks emerge as attempts to redress…
Turkiye’s tragedy
Turkiye sits atop the Anatolian plate, sandwiched between two major faults: the East Anatolian fault and the North Anatolian fault. The Eastern fault is where the Arabian plate — carrying…
Tragedies in traffic
Every day horrific stories of people dying in road accidents are increasing. Many of them are the most vulnerable motorcyclists. Zig zag and in and out of one traffic lane…
Migration is a mirage
I know that in every young heart there is a desire to explore the world .For those who have never travelled there are exaggerated imaginations of streets paved with gold,…
