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War of missed opportunities

The 1965 war was a product of the unresolved Kashmir conflict and unrealistically ambitious assumptions such as ruling out the possibility of India retaliating when confronted with defeat in the…

Lessons from the east

The sudden resignation of Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, has sent shockwaves through many struggling democracies. Her departure to a safe location in India on a military helicopter, coupled…

Time to reconcile

Amidst the hostile political environment, the recent meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur with federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and other officials of the central government has…

Why is Nawaz Sharif upset?

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif recently expressed his disappointment with people, adding that they did not rise up when he, an elected prime minister, was ousted from power. Many analysts…

Planning educational emergency

‘What the best and wisest parents wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and…

Net-metering fallout

We wrote about household solar and its adoption in Pakistan last year (October, 2023 for PIDE) and since then many a storm has erupted on the local landscape on this…

Stirring up the soul, is it?

Is it déjà vu? Is it an illusion? Is it a knee-jerk? Is it real? Is it happening? These are all the questions that arise the minute the word “change”…

FDI: challenges and the way forward

An essential component of a robust and open economic system, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) serves as a crucial driver for development. In the case of Pakistan, it has been eagerly…

The big fat wedding business

OMG. Incredible. Astounding. Mindblowing. Stunning. Mesmerizing. And, you can go on and on with adjectives that laced the unfolding of the wedding of the century. The Ambanis are mega rich.…

Hollow promises?

Ahead of Pakistan’s elections next Thursday, the two main political rivals – the PPP and the PML-N – will have closed their campaigns offering hollow promises with little substance. Offering…