Public debt management
When the present government started its term in June 2013, it inherited challenges like large fiscal deficit, rising debt burden, unfavourable balance of payments, low foreign exchange reserves, poor growth…
Strategic blunders
In today’s world of chaos and mayhem, when everything seems to sit on the edge of the knife, most countries would want to lessen their strategic burdens. They would welcome…
The art of learning nothing
The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV. Earthquakes are mighty: they can turn everything upside down. Politics is mightier: it can…
Bhagat Singh’s warning
Religion-based politics has always had a devastating effect on any society in the world. Europe finally managed to separate the “Church’ from the ‘State’ – making religion a matter of…
What is the extremist narrative?
The government and the state are in a dilemma over the extremist religious narrative: if they do identify its broad features they will invite the wrath of the community of…
The Yemen choice
The Middle East imbroglio demonstrates the complexity of the post-9/11 world in which Obama’s foreign policy has managed to upset America’s traditional Arab allies while strengthening the position of its…
Light at the end of the tunnel
Carefully formulated, effectively implemented and vigorously monitored plan is a panacea for reeling economy. It is heart-rending to note that the planning process in Pakistan has been a superficial, rather…
Can healthcare in KP measure up?
The deterioration in the government-run healthcare system all over the country is now considered a given fact, but in some regions it is more pronounced. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province…
Realignment of ties
The most serendipitous emerging foreign policy event for Pakistan, provided its leadership has foresight, is the ongoing power realignment within the Muslim world, as international engagement with Iran looms on…
The last straw
At the moment the country is in a very precarious situation. We hear our leaders say things like: “The country is in danger,” “The situation is very bad,” “Plots are…
