The ballot box and the sword
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor. Once again, we have a discussion on in our country. It has reached the Senate and been heard, of course,…
Foreign policy and economic challenges
Foreign relations and the state of the economy have become inextricably linked in Pakistan due to the PML-N administration's overarching objective to borrow from external sources to meet its budgetary…
The game-changers
With US President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions, the possibility of conflict in the region has increased dramatically. From being the US "policeman" in the Persian…
Pakistan ‘fatigue’
The US-Pakistan relationship, alternating approximately in 10 years cycles since 1971, has had us going from being the "cornerstone" of the US foreign policy to being its "gravestone". Do the…
Lest we forget
The pulsating cheering crowd in the National Stadium Karachi for the PSL Final, and subsequently for the three international T20s,underscored the return of peace to a city (and country) torn…
‘Together We Prevail’
At last week's Arab-Muslim-American Summit in Riyadh representatives of various Muslim countries were in attendance, including our Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The glitziest welcome though was reserved for the commander-in-chief…
Davos yet again!
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's trip to Davos Switzerland to attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) was hailed as a success not only repeatedly by himself, a natural enough bias,…
Limits of khaki ability
Before ‘patriots’ pounce on the use of the term ‘ability’, it is not used pejoratively to discredit khakis but only to refer to the suitability of the army to do…
Anything but a traitor …
Perhaps, never before in the last 72 years of our existence have we made our neighbor as much happy as we have done in the last eight weeks. We gave…
Musharraf’s conviction
WHEN a former military ruler is convicted and handed the death sentence in a country which has been under dictatorships for the better part of its existence, it is no less than…
