A storm in a teacup?
Yet again, questions are raised of an early election and of the PTI’s uncertain future. While Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to face issues within the many groupings within the…
Afghanistan challenges
The Afghan Taliban and the Americans reached an agreement on February 29, 2020 in Doha. According to this agreement, the foreign forces were to leave Afghanistan within 14 months (before…
Kashmir’s future
THE National Conference led by Dr Farooq Abdullah and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Mehbooba Mufti have joined hands to face the onslaught on Kashmir’s rights launched by…
Planning for the ‘real’ Pakistan
Did we ever try to find out the reasons why the very first five-year plan authored by Pakistan succeeded in South Korea but failed miserably in Pakistan? There is, of…
New challenges and possibilities
On becoming president of the US, Donald Trump took a tough line and used harsh and inappropriate language against Pakistan while announcing his Afghanistan Policy. On the other hand, he…
Contradictory pulls
WHEN the PTI stepped into government last year, economy watchers and political analysts were in broad consensus over two things. The first was that the government was inheriting a pretty…
Surrendering to bigots
Friday, September 7, 2018 was a day of shame. Dr Atif Mian, as PTI leader Faisal Javed Khan tweeted, “was asked to step down from the Advisory Council and he…
Security for CPEC
On May 24, two Chinese language teachers were kidnapped from the supposedly secure zone in Quetta. The militant Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the abduction. Now, Chinese and…
Bangladesh’s election
On Monday, Bangladesh’s election commission announced that it had deferred the date for the country’s next parliamentary poll from December 23 to December 30, partially meeting demands from several opposition…
We the voters
The people of Pakistan are at the juncture of another general election. The electorate of the country, like voters anywhere else in the world, are hoping to help form a…
