An Afghan milestone
The general dearth of positive news out of Kabul partly accounts for the enthusiasm generated by last Saturday’s presidential and local council elections. Preliminary estimates put the turnout at almost…
The general dearth of positive news out of Kabul partly accounts for the enthusiasm generated by last Saturday’s presidential and local council elections. Preliminary estimates put the turnout at almost…
Pakistan has become increasingly conservative in recent decades. Conservatives dominate Pakistani politics, and have forced liberal parties to become centrist. However, when political coalitions become too dominating, they often become…
THE prime minister made one of his rare appearances in the National Assembly and spoke about how he intended to tackle spiralling terrorism in the country but, as is his…
While the challenges the state of Pakistan is confronted with are many, the greatest is the insurgency that emanated from Balochistan and Fata, which, over the years, has enveloped the…
WHEN a community healthcare worker in Pakistan leaves her home armed with a medical kit, she may have stepped on the frontline of a dangerous war in which extremists stand…
After eight months of the present Government, and at the time when the second review of the IMF is completed, it is important to look back on what we have…
Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may not look like a model democrat, but foreign and local businessmen believe he can deliver stability to open up investment opportunities…
THE increasing number of policemen killed in Karachi underscores the huge challenges faced by the law enforcers in a city where strands of violence include both ordinary crime and organised…
It was expected that the release of the National Internal Security Policy (NISP) would generate debate. And the document does a decent job of presenting the myriad challenges at hand…
One ought to be intellectually challenged or suffering some kind of disorder to organise the mindless and wasteful record-breaking inanities that unfold around Lahore every other weekend. Making the largest…