A love-hate relationship
What is most striking about the BBC’s report that the MQM’s militants are trained in India, which also funds the MQM’s purchase of weapons? That key sources of the story…
The elusive ‘same page’
Government functionaries hardly miss any occasion when the ‘same-page’ mantra about harmony of thought between the civil and military leadership on Fata and Karachi operations is not repeated. But recent…
The doom boom
Ever hear of the end times belief known as the Rapture? In the version preferred by a large number of fundamentalist Christians in the US, this is when Jesus Christ…
Supply-side of terror
Let’s assume that spy agencies of all enemy countries are sponsoring terror in Pakistan. If we have credible evidence of their involvement, we must present it before the world and…
Mutually destructive rhetoric
The escalating war of words between India and Pakistan will do good to neither side; on the contrary it could cause incalculable harm to people of both countries. Pakistan was…
Pray, what have we to do with Gallipoli?
Agreed, that any excuse is good enough for a visit to London, especially when you have a flat there. But we could be more mindful of time and place. As…
Subtle policy shift
During President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden state visit to New Delhi, the traditional bonhomie — tempered by realism though — was in evidence. India offered the visiting leader military and economic…
National agenda matters
It is exciting to reconnect with The News. This is a paper whose Islamabad edition I have had the honour of leading. The first copy of The News carried some…
Education in the time of terror
My (not yet) 7-year-old grandson bemoans that the mid-day break during which he munched the sandwich his mother so lovingly prepared for him, has been eliminated from his school day’s…
Paleo governance
Every year a new diet becomes popular. One year it’s the Mediterranean diet. The next year it’s the Atkin’s diet. Then it’s the cabbage soup diet followed by people swearing…
