A city that was…a city that can be—I
The current and continuing collapse of economic and social fabric/ structure of the largest city of the country is a matter of grave severity. Any further prolongation of this neglect…
RLNG: Supply glut or policy failure?—II
The current financial stress in the gas sector is partially obscured by elevated LNG spot prices, which are currently above Pakistan’s LNG contract price. However, with over 174 MTPA of…
Pax in terris
CHINA is India’s real-time nightmare. India’s paranoia is discussed in Ram Udhav’s book Uneasy Neighbours (2014). He quotes a prediction that India’s threat will come not from Pan-Europeanism but from…
Belligerent Hindustan
Indians, generally, are peace-loving people. Most Indians from Occupied Kashmir to Kannyakumari passionately subscribe to the Gandhian philosophy of “Ahimsa”, which means, “nonviolence”. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in…
America First?
The US is hurtling toward an economic abyss, and the stock market’s apocalyptic collapse on April 10, 2025, was a deafening wake-up call. That day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
The climate cost of urban misplanning
“The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Whatever he does to the web of life, he does to himself." – Chief Seattle (Native American leader).…
Nuclear threats
Soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine last month, he took the wildly irresponsible step of publicly announcing that he was placing his nation’s nuclear…
Dreams to despair
LIKE many developing nations, Pakistan’s economy relies heavily on its migrant workers — individuals who leave home with dreams of a better future, not just for themselves but for their…
Protests, containers, repeat
Islamabad, once a symbol of order and governance, has now turned into a city of perpetual chaos every weekend. For most people around the world, weekends mean family time, self-care,…
Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions
Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent US presidential election: A return to power of Donald Trump. Opinion polls…
