The HEC impact
The period between 2003 and 2008 saw amazing developments in the higher education sector of Pakistan, dramatically changing the landscape of our universities. In 2003, only 2.6 percent of youth…
Diplo-bling
There was a bit of a tizzy last week about handshakes, shades and handbags. Our newly-minted Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was making her first foray on to the world…
The need for regular summitry
There is a lobby in India suggesting that New Delhi exert pressure on Pakistan to extract concessions before the dates are confirmed of the expected of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.…
Pushing Afghans to failure
There have been many strange statements by US senior military officers over the years, and one of the more intriguing came last week from Marine Corps Maj Gen Larry D…
And now, women suicide bombers
A new wave of attacks by militants in the Mohmand and Bajaur tribal regions, including one apparently carried out by Pakistan’s first female suicide bomber, showed that the threat posed…
Climbing up the greasy pole
A recipe for success in life should be obvious: basic intelligence, good education, hard work and a few lucky breaks. It works quite often, but only up to a point.…
Israel
Increasingly, despite its early military and political successes, Israel cannot for long endure as a colonial project. It must choose between wars – and destruction – or transition to a…
Al-Qaeda
Pakistan’s first 9/11 was in 1948 when its founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah passed away and the tremulous ecstasy of independence that had been achieved the previous year proved short-lived. With…
Storm in a teacup
To anyone unfamiliar with the country’s mountainous northern and north-western areas, it would seem unlikely that there are any areas so remote that getting there requires first a helicopter ride…
Winds of change
Winds of change are blowing across Pakistan. With the advent of the New Year, there is a twinkle of hope in many eyes that 2013 will mean the beginning of…
