Listening to Chinese whispers
Neither China nor the United States could have been thrilled by Chen Guancheng’s decision to seek refuge at the US embassy in Beijing on the eve of their Strategic and…
Neither China nor the United States could have been thrilled by Chen Guancheng’s decision to seek refuge at the US embassy in Beijing on the eve of their Strategic and…
The change in the military’s stance on who represents the biggest threat to our nation is hugely significant. Under the altered doctrine decided on by army leaders at a key…
There is a huge temptation to comment on the current imbroglio surrounding the chief justice of the Supreme Court. But perhaps it is wiser to finish off the three-part series…
Almost every civilian government in Pakistan has seen historic judgments. The Asma Jilani case was hailed for having overturned all previous judicial apologies for military interventions on the pretext of…
So Mullah Nazir is dead, killed in a US drone strike on January 2, in the region of Angoor Adda, South Waziristan. And although the Foreign Office can’t confirm his…
On the 27th of December, 2012, Benazir Bhutto's fifth death anniversary, a major political event took place with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing those who came to pay their respects to…
Growing up in the eighties, one could not escape the slogan, "Pakistan ka matlab kya--La ilaha ilallah." If not cried out at public rallies, it was written as graffiti. Though…
They are not even sparing the Hajis. It must take a peculiar kind of courage for a Muslim to fleece pilgrims to Mecca. But that is what our minister and…
The army and its strategic adventures have brought Pakistan to its present pass. The footprints of the terrorism now haunting the country go back to the first Afghan ‘jihad’, the…
It’s hard not to see eye to eye with the federal information minister when he says that his boss Bilawal Bhutto is a born leader. The point of disagreement may,…