Hopes fade as Gulf crisis hits 100-day landmark
As the boycott of Qatar by a Saudi-led bloc of countries approaches its 100th day Wednesday, experts have warned the increasingly bitter dispute could last into 2018 and beyond. "If…
Aman exercise 21
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is considered one of the busiest maritime regions, having a distinction of being the hub of economic, political, and strategic activities with implausible impact on…
A history of hypocrisy
No reasons, explanations or lamentations on earth can alleviate the pain inflicted upon humanity in Sialkot a few days back. Much has been said and written in condemnation of the…
Playing with empire
MORE than six weeks since the longest war in US history ended in almost surreal circumstances with the re-establishment of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’, Washington’s political and military establishment…
Pandemic reading
I AM using the ‘work from home’ opportunity provided by Covid-19 for two delightful purposes — one, to get to know my wife and grandchildren (who cares about sons and…
Bury your dead
“Bury your dead and I shall arrive”. This is what the Hazara community was told after eleven Hazara coal miners were blindfolded and slaughtered. The prime minister of our country…
Paper sovereignty
ONE’S first instinct, upon being confronted by a 768-page tome of memoirs by a former US president, is to go directly to the Index. In president Barack Obama’s memoir of…
Fiascos galore
Barely a month into its tenure, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) coalition government appears to be floundering. To be fair, given the enormous challenges facing the country, it was to be…
Hard choices for US, N Korea at high-stakes summit
After a burst of hectic diplomacy, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear summit is on course to go ahead - but if it is to live up to the…
Trade deficit – an equitable analysis
Trade deficit is good if it generates the required value addition within an economy, and results in a good exploitation of trade through productive investments that enhance the industrial sector's…
