Refugees in Kenya
In March 2021, Kenya ordered the swift closure of Kakuma and Dadaab – two sprawling refugee camps that host more than 400,000 people, mostly from neighbouring Somalia, South Sudan and…
Muslim world’s VCs conference from Feb 4
Pakistan is all set to host Muslim world’s vice chancellors’ forum next month in Islamabad as Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Mukhtar Ahmed on Monday extended an invitation in…
The Sultan’s swag
RECEP Tayyip Erdogan is on a roll. Despite Turkiye having emerged — along with Israel — as a major geopolitical winner of the fall of the Assad regime, he isn’t…
Boom or doom?
NARRATIVES about Pakistan verge on two extremes. The narrative of all our regimes has been that it is on the verge of take-off that will land it in the august…
Judicial reforms needed
The early demise of Quaid-e-Azam and the unfortunate assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan delayed the formulation of Pakistan’s constitution, delivering the first severe blow to the newly formed state. In…
Desperate to reach foreign shores
THE boat crash that killed around 60 people, and counting, off the Italian coast of Calabria had Pakistanis on board. As the rescue mission was underway on Sunday, bits of wood…
Paths to doom
AFTER years of slow decay, states that are nearing doom see a tipping point and a point of no return when their descent into the abyss hastens and is hard…
A state in chaos
WITH Pakistanis in a ride combining a super-fast roller coaster and a merry-go-round, one cannot resist asking how this cursed nation ended up here. It has faced massive problems since…
Understanding suicide
“No one commits suicide because they want to die”… “Because they want to stop the pain”. Tiffanie DeBartolo WHILE late Asim Jamil’s tragic suicide is fresh in minds, it is…
Why bash the elite?
ELITE-BASHING is Pakistan’s newest sport. As the country stares into the default abyss, the ubiquitous phrase — ‘elite state capture’ — putatively explains all that has gone awry. Fat-cats are…
