Grey, grey Lahore
WHAT wonderful weather we’re having, what fresh air. Or so it would seem, to listen to Punjab’s environment minister. “In all of Punjab, there hasn’t been smog for a single…
A burning issue
On June 25, a day before Eidul Fitr, an oil tanker carrying 40000 liters of fuel from Karachi to Lahore overturned near Bahawalpur. Oblivious of the danger, hundreds of people…
China sifts opportunity from ashes of US Afghan project?
China’s overtures to the Taliban indicate a bid to extract maximum benefit from the dramatic collapse of the US project in Afghanistan. But Beijing will remain watchful of the hardliners…
Anti-Taliban resistance
As the full impact and import of the US-led west’s departure from Afghanistan unfolds, there is no dearth of handwringing and a blame game in western capitals. Former US President…
Fake news
Fake news can have dangerous consequences; this was true even in ancient times when, without print or electronic media, a lie could only spread through word of mouth. Today, with…
Lest we forget
As the Taliban flag once again flutters across Afghanistan, there is natural worry in Pakistan regarding the potential impact here of the latest turn of events in the neighbouring country.…
Death of Covid-19
Around 1.5 billion people in the world have received a Covid-19 vaccine. Twenty-three million people are now getting jabbed each day. Vaccines for children age 12+ have been approved and…
Five challenges for the PM in 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan recently expressed surprise at how difficult governing has been. He knows better than to pretend that he was surprised. The single most important characteristic he has…
Crisis in Brazil
The COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed more than a million lives and battered the global economy in just a few months, also provided us with an accurate picture of what our…
The one who cannot be seen
In a far-off island of New Guinea, surrounded by dense fog, engulfed in rain and covered by thick forest – such that one cannot even see the sky from the…
