After Saudi Arabia
To any worker anywhere, a pay cheque is everything. The earnings represent what possibilities can be availed of in the future, what debts can be discharged from the past. It…
Saudi Arabia and Iran need Pakistani leadership
For several months, the official line from both civilian and military leaders in Pakistan has been that the country has turned the corner. Loadshedding is down, and might be reduced…
CPEC, Iran-Saudi Arabia, and the PM
The writer is an analyst and commentator. Let’s consider the big challenges for Pakistan: this is a country that needs to grow at 10 percent a year. It is a…
Saudi Arabia-Iran spat: Challenges to Pakistan’s mediatory role
Can Pakistan play a meaningful mediatory role in ironing out Arab-Iranian rift? For a country to undertake a mediatory mission it must have strong credentials with effective diplomacy, robust economy…
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan
It is unfortunate that some ‘intellectuals’ are trying to paint the Saudi-Iran rift as an internal issue of Pakistan. It is equally sad to see the religious Right depict this…
US and Saudi Arabia uneasy allies in turbulent Middle East
Long-standing ties between the United States, the world's oldest democracy, and Saudi Arabia, an ultra-conservative Islamic absolute monarchy, have strained at times, but the unlikely allies remain bound by mutual…
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistani diversity
Let’s take a quick survey of the countries involved, either directly or indirectly in the fracas in Yemen. There is Saudi Arabia. This country ranks thirty-fourth (34th) on the Human…
Let Saudi Arabia fume
The news is that the high and mighty heading the 200-million strong Islamic Republic of Pakistan have just returned from the world’s petro-capital, Riyadh. The prime minister, chief of army…
Why the spring didn’t reach Saudi Arabia
Oil rent, Islam, Western support. These are the three approaches often employed to explain the House of Saud’s resilience. Saudi Arabia is no doubt an oil superpower. It holds 19.8…
Rocky US-Saudi bond boosted by Israel normalisation push
A spate of high-profile visits by US officials to Saudi Arabia underscores how ties have warmed amid talks over a potential deal that would see the Gulf kingdom recognise Israel,…
