Is there any cure for our India obsession?
There we go again, that our nuke and missile programme is not to be capped because India continues to expand its nuclear inventory. Let’s forget for a moment where the…
No one killed Zain?
On a day when Pakistan was lit by the lightning of separation between Imran Khan and Reham Khan, I was a bit thrilled by another headline that, of course, was…
Kunduz: pointer to the future
Islamabad diary Our past is a recurring nightmare, coming back to haunt us. Kunduz is at the farthest corner of Afghanistan but its capture by the Taliban is as much…
The season begins
So many among the jiyalas and PPP sympathisers had complained, saying that Mr Asif Ali Zardari’s recent lightning assault on the establishment had gone unrecognised and uncelebrated. The scheme-seeing clan…
New converts to Imran
THERE are worse things than drift, impasse and bland uncertainty — see, much of the rest of the world is seemingly going to hell — but it is awfully tedious.…
Thanks, but no tanks
If there is a name Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has heard once too often, it is that of Bruce Riedel. Riedel retired from the CIA in 2006. His wife still…
Flying solo
Pkistan’s successes are individual, its failures collective. Take mountaineering: a young mountaineer Samina Baig conquers Mount Everest in 2013. In exploration, Namira Salim reaches both Poles — the North in…
Integrity management in tax administration
Similar to the socio-political culture of most public sector institutions in Pakistan, FBR is also in the 'integrity crises'. Given that the widespread publicity on this issue drives public opinion,…
Petrol crisis bites in Iraq’s Kurdish region
The shutdown of Iraq's biggest refinery, roads blocked by fighting, and skyrocketing demand have created the worst oil crisis in years in the country's autonomous Kurdish region. At petrol stations…
Faster Wi-Fi on flights leads to battle in the sky
Wi-Fi in the sky is taking off, promising much better connections for travellers and a bonanza for the companies that sell the systems. With satellite-based Wi-Fi, Internet speeds on jetliners…
