Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been dubbed Egypt’s new pharaoh, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Cincinnatus, Benito Mussolini, Abraham Lincoln, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and even another Hosni Mubarak. Comparisons and juxtapositions are being…
Forget high shenanigans. Forget doom and gloom. Forget even the Niagara Falls. For a taste of real political excitement these days make the golden journey to holy Chakwal. More bizarre…
On the April 29, 2011, the founder of the ultra nationalist Balwaristan National Front, Nawaz Khan Naji, won the by-election in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer constituency at the expense of the Pakistan…
The creation of Pakistan was hailed as the creation of a democratic, tolerant and forward looking country by Jinnah. Ideology played an important role in drawing the masses and the…
Today, we in Pakistan observe the birthday of the man who founded and made Pakistan just over 64 years ago. It is the official 135th anniversary of the birth of…
Jinnah’s Pakistan has virtually ceased to exist, but there are still some who hope it has not yet been interred for ever. We inhabit a land where death no longer…
The recently concluded visit by Hu Jintao to the United States is significant for South Asia. The main purpose of the visit by the Chinese president was to reset relations…
The last few days have provided much-needed respite from the crisis-hit eurozone as I travelled to Taipei and then to Beijing for discussions on China’s dazzling rise and its far-reaching…
EXPECT the 12th European Union-China summit in Nanjing on Nov 30 to be dominated by discussions on climate change, reviving post-crisis global growth and currencies. Effective EU-China cooperation on these…
