Is this democracy?
Patriotic Pakistanis spend many sleepless nights brooding incessantly whether Pakistan’s democracy brand is genuine. Having concluded glumly that it is not, based on unrealistic comparisons with Western countries, many call…
Patriotic Pakistanis spend many sleepless nights brooding incessantly whether Pakistan’s democracy brand is genuine. Having concluded glumly that it is not, based on unrealistic comparisons with Western countries, many call…
When we talk politics or discuss the national condition anyone would think we were the world’s biggest moaners and grousers. Cynicism has become the general attitude of the intelligentsia and…
Enigmatic and reclusive in life, his death is no less mysterious. Since his famous escape on a motorbike from Kandahar after the US invasion in October 2001, very little was…
The extraordinary attempt earlier this month by 47 United States senators to sabotage one of their nation’s most significant diplomatic initiatives served as a reminder that some of the Obama…
As terrorist violence from ‘Islamic’ militants spreads across the world, from Peshawar to Paris, affected states are struggling to devise effective responses. So far, most of their responses have addressed…
PAKISTAN will defend Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity, was the one declaration made public from the meeting of the country’s civilian and military leadership to ‘consider’ a Saudi request for material…
A VERY large section of teachers at seminaries and religious scholars refuse to see Muslims as anything other than a single organic ummah. For them, the resort to coercive methods…
April 4 is the 36th anniversary of Pakistan’s foremost leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Just when I sat down to write a memorial piece, a fellow writer emailed me the news…
A year after its establishment, the Islamic State group's self-declared "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq remains well-funded and heavily armed, and experts say it could be around for years to…
In social, economic, political and even descriptive ways, Pakistan seems to have entered a post-WoT era. In 2013, the first ever civilian-led electoral transition ushered in a new government and…