Nato lives on
We are fast approaching the day when Donald Trump’s name will be added to the list of American presidents who had to face impeachment. On balance, the Democrats’ effort to…
Radical love
Elections for mayor of Istanbul were held on June 23 and opposition CHP party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu was declared the winner with almost 800,000 votes. This was a government ordered…
A red tide
AT the risk of outing myself as a Zionist agent, I have to confess that one of my favourite words is ‘chutzpah’. It’s a Yiddish word — a language that…
The Pak-Turk saga
Wrestling control of Pak-Turk Schools from the Pak-Turk Education Foundation (PTEF) and handing them over to the Maarif Foundation should be taught as a case study in how the distinction…
Who’s your sultan?
HAD the twists and turns in the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi been part of a movie script, we would have dismissed it for being too unbelievable. But if what…
Banana peel moment
SCHADENFREUDE is a wonderful German word used to express mirth at somebody else’s woes, just as Charlie Chaplin used to giggle when a passerby slipped on a banana peel and…
Heads or tails
TRAVEL broadens the mind and fattens the purse, as our Prime Minister Imran Khan is discovering. He has enlarged his earlier fundraising experience by meeting leaders like Malaysia’s Prime Minister…
Foreign investments in Pakistan
The two-day visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has ended on a positive note - both on diplomatic and investment fronts. The extent of his visit is unprecedented…
Incursion into Syria
On January 22, Turkey expanded its military action against the Kurdish militia in Syria despite international criticism. Turkey hopes to achieve a quick victory through this adventure against the militia,…
War to the knife
On August 23, the US imposed tariffs worth $16 billion on Chinese imports. On the same day, Beijing paid Washington back in the same coin by racking up tariffs on…
