New Pakistan, old hurdles
The new government has only recently taken over and already the old (corrupt) one has started a vicious campaign against Imran Khan. Ours is a country where the opposition criticises…
From Kabul to Kolkata
The recent about-turn by India on expected India-Pakistan talks in New York is a major blow to peace prospects in the region. Before this episode, the American ambassador to Afghanistan,…
Turkey’s lira crisis: How bad can it get?
Three, four, five, six... What next? Turks have over the last half decade counted the rapid depreciation of the Turkish lira on the screens outside doviz (exchange) booths with a…
Leadership matters
Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Justice and Development Party has once again won a new five-year term after securing absolute victory in the Turkish presidential elections. Initially due on November…
Revisiting the Turkish coup
The day of July 16 will remain one of the most important and inspiring dates in the modern Turkish history – perhaps as important as October 29, the republic day…
Our turn now
Our brotherly country Turkey is currently facing the worst economic crisis, mostly fuelled by international politics of revenge. According to media reports, the Turkish currency (lira) has lost almost half…
A callous decision
The most controversial news which took the global media by storm in recent times has undoubtedly been US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. Not only…
Al-Quds and the Muslim world
In Part I last week I mentioned the undiplomatic and mischievous action by President Trump in relocating the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an action against UN resolutions…
A maze to the start
In a recent newspaper column in the Turkish daily, ‘YeniSafak’, a Turkish columnist called former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s ouster as a ‘judicial coup’ in Pakistan. According to him, what he…
A welcome alliance
What must have shocked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the most about the coup attempt in Turkey is the realisation that the US and its Western allies, whose policies he followed…
