Foreign inputs
Kishwar Naheed is one of the most respected Urdu poets in the subcontinent. She was the lone Pakistani poet to make it to the Jashn-i-Rekhta festival in New Delhi from…
Foreign policy imperatives
Pakistan has lacked a pragmatic and well-articulated foreign policy since 2008. What is more worrying is that the PML-N led incumbent democratic dispensation displayed an outright reluctance to appoint a…
Choosing the next foreign secretary
Last week, the Foreign Office spokesperson conducted a press briefing during which he allowed himself to be baited, and ended up accusing social media activists that had disappeared (since accounted…
Foreign policy: finding the right balance
Pakistan has continually strived for a balanced foreign policy that looks to keep the objectives of Pakistan as well as the region in perspective. Pakistan realizes its strategic worth as…
Trump’s foreign policy alarms the world: analysts
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has rung alarm bells around the world with his proclamations on foreign policy, but his targets are increasingly shrugging off his barbs. By suggesting…
Our foreign policy dilemma
Upon assuming office in 2013, maintaining good relations with neighboring countries through regional economic integration was the mainstay of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign policy. Three years on, however, Pakistan’s…
Trump’s foreign policy alarms the world: analysts
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has rung alarm bells around the world with his proclamations on foreign policy, but his targets are increasingly shrugging off his barbs.By suggesting that…
Who needs a foreign minister?
There is a growing sentiment in Pakistan that the country’s diplomacy is handicapped by the absence of a foreign minister. This is a repeat of Nawaz Sharif’s first tenure (1990-93).…
By-elections and foreign loans
Random thoughts During the last few weeks we witnessed tremendous political activity due to by-elections in Punjab. All eyes were fixed on constituencies NA-122, NA-144 and PP-147. NA-122 became vacant…
Syrian civil war: Fruits of foreign intervention
THE chaos and carnage that has now spread from Afghanistan through West Asia and the Levant to North Africa and the Sahel is widely ascribed to Al Qaeda, the militant…
