Offensive rhetoric
One of the biggest challenges facing the PTI government is Pakistan’s relations with India. In his first speech as prime minister, Imran Khan adopted a surprisingly diplomatic stance stating that…
One of the biggest challenges facing the PTI government is Pakistan’s relations with India. In his first speech as prime minister, Imran Khan adopted a surprisingly diplomatic stance stating that…
The 72nd session of the UN General Assembly looked like a Bollywood-style drama that was full of emotive rhetoric as India and Pakistan fought a bitter battle of words to…
This year’s session of the UN General Assembly provided a springboard for Islamabad and New Delhi to take a dig at each other. The Indian foreign minister minced no words…
Nothing could be a better depiction of the divided world we live in than the preceding week’s UN General Assembly session. On the one hand there were – as Foreign…
ATAL Behari Vajpayee’s ashes were immersed in the Ganga. Nehru had his scattered over the Himalayas from a plane. Theatre diva Zohra Sehgal desired no such fuss. She left a…
Our nation has started embracing Naya Pakistan but the agent of change is still shying away from painting it on the global canvas. By opting to stay in Islamabad, Prime…
It was four years ago that Narendra Modi rose to power on the bandwagon of Hindutva and populist slogans like ‘development for all’. While the BJP government under Modi has…
When people leave their country’s shores to earn a living, they leave with a million dreams in their eyes and hopes in their hearts. Many of these dreams and hopes…
Failing to bring into action the proverbial umpire during the last dharna, why are Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri in their solo flights again pinning their hopes on September to…
Has anyone seen the prime minister lately? He has been missed. There have been sporadic sightings but nothing that could pin him to one location. He has received guests –…