Is Trump the answer?
GIVEN his past record, it was surprising to see endorsements for candidate Trump by Muslim Americans, including influential imams, in the swing state of Michigan and the Pakistani-American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC).…
New year, new resolutions
A new year is always a harbinger of fresh resolutions, bringing renewed hopes for the days ahead. International relations continue to suffer under the weight of humanitarian crises. Global terrorism…
We are our own worst enemy
Almost three years into Pakistan’s economic crisis, the illusion of stability in indicators like the exchange rate and inflation without a resurgence of capital and forex inflows offers little reassurance…
Punitive governance
The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2023 downgraded an 11 places back-pedalling Pakistan from a hybrid to an authoritarian regime. The report stated that unsurprisingly elections with opposition forces subject…
National security policy needs revisit
This is the second of a two-part series detailing the 2020 National Security Policy’s (NSP) ill-advised focus on economic diplomacy – ill-advised as the world moves from unipolarity to multipolairty.…
The Baku deal
COP29 was held in Baku, comprising negotiations that continued for two weeks. The event was termed the ‘Finance Summit’, as major decisions regarding the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate…
True riba-free Islamic banking
The motivation to provide interest- (riba) free financial services is derived from the desire of Muslim communities living in the modern age. The general perception of most of the critics…
A summit to nowhere
AFTER silently watching Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza for the past one year, the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries have once more met in Riyadh to discuss the escalating conflict.…
Is de-dollarisation on the move?
This is the second of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John Connally sent shock waves around the world in 1971 when he told a group…
Jews, Zionists and the media
THE CNN reporter gave a victory cry for his adventures in an active warzone. The headlines said it all. He had travelled with the Israeli air fleet to watch and ‘cover’ firsthand…
