No numbers game
Some perplexing challenges await the incoming government. It’ll need every ounce of patience, every penny’s worth of wisdom scrapped from past experience to tackle things. For one, the system that…
Sinking the PPP
There could not have been anything as distressing a sight as watching the Titanic, its hull ruptured by an iceberg, sink slowly into the Atlantic Ocean. Until now, that is.…
All-weather friends
Visiting China is a never-ending revelation; the amazing 7.7 percent growth rate in a sluggish global economy is considered ‘disappointing’ there. Of China’s 31 provinces, Guangdong has the highest GDP…
Electoral violence
The last four months have been the bloodiest in our violence-ridden country's political arena. According to a report prepared by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, as many as…
The political hiatus
The fierce electoral contest unfolding in Pakistan has as its counterpart a relatively tranquil state of affairs in the interim set-up. This is good, and should be the approach of…
Naya Pakistan: Building a Pakistani nation
Over sixty five years after Pakistan came into being, we are a state with a fading sense of the nationhood that inspired the Muslims of the subcontinent to rally behind…
Viewpoint: Bringing an end to drone strikes
Imran Khan has been the strongest critic of US drone operations in our tribal areas, telling the people if elected prime minister he would order shooting down of any drone…
Change has finally come to Pakistan
In the run-up to what is now being viewed as Pakistan’s truly historic election, an old Pakistani reader of mine based in Saudi Arabia wrote in, twice, to ask: “Not…
Statesmanship or gamesmanship?
More than 150 people lost their lives in the run-up to the elections; and on election day itself, scores were injured. Despite all fear and intimidation, the people – by…
Cruel law of evidence
It is simply not enough to say that an occurrence does not appear to be the logical outcome of events in the build-up. Thus, proof must be furnished, to clearly show…
