The general speaks
Fortunate is the country that has professionally ‘thinking’ generals but unfortunate is the country that has politically ‘thinking’ generals. In Pakistan, our battles have largely been planned and fought by…
Modi sarkar
Narendra Modi’s juggernaut reached Delhi six months ago amid excitement and anxiety. In some ways, Modi sarkar has performed as was expected of it – business friendly, imperious and self-righteous.…
Malala, Salam, Faiz and Dr Khan
In Pakistan, with Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it is proven once again that those subscribing to conservative social and political views reject new facts if they challenge…
The pandemic panic
Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organisation, issued an unusually stark warning this week, declaring: “I have never seen a health event threaten the very survival of societies…
Our very own Nobel tragedy
Pakistan can only count itself as an unfortunate country. Its citizens have claimed two Nobel Peace Prizes, with Malala Yousafzai named as the joint winner with Indian peace activist Kailash…
Back to square one
Hopes of a new beginning in relations between Pakistan and India, rekindled as a result of a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
The Malala-haters
Let it be said at the outset that Malala didn’t need the Nobel Peace Prize for validation. Rather it was the Nobel Committee, its reputation reeling from bestowing honours on…
The IDPs deserve better
The signs of unrest and despair among the people displaced from North Waziristan Agency, on account of the military operation there, must begin to be addressed before the situation takes…
Privatised welfare
Among the many casualties of the propaganda war that continues to play out on our TV screens in the name of ‘revolution’ and ‘azadi’ is a meaningful countrywide debate over…
Falling FDI inflows
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into Pakistan have been drying up over the past few years. After hitting an all-time peak of $5.4 billion in 2007-08, net FDI sank to…
