Strength in integration
Migration is one of the most common features that shape history, communities and identities. It is not just a historical occurrence and continues to hold immense relevance to date. Therefore,…
I told you so
In a nation of some 200 million, I doubt if a handful could pinpoint Panama’s location. And yet, this tiny Central American state has dominated Pakistan’s political discourse for the…
Road to Damascus
Rex Tillerson’s conversations in Moscow today will be extremely interesting, to put it mildly. The US secretary of state, the recipient five years ago of an Order of Friendship from…
Turkey’s IS test
The recent claim by Recep Tayip Erdogan, Turkey’s intrepid president, to go for the jugular of the militant Islamic State group in Syria, and take his fight against the terrorists…
Escaping the chaos
“Stay outside and don’t interrupt our serious discussion,” remarked grim-faced Richard Holbrooke when the then US ambassador to Pakistan knocked at the door and tried to be part of an…
Death of Capt Khan: mixing up the issue
Capt Humayun Khan of the US army was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb. His father, Khizr Khan, spoke at the Democratic Convention, recalling the death of his son…
Together they prevail?
The streets of Riyadh were decorated with huge portraits of King Salman and President Donald Trump for the recently held Riyadh Summit-2017, whose motto was: ‘Together we prevail’. The kingdom…
The right side?
America observes the world from the relative safety of its faraway shores and sees conflicts shaded in black or white. The complex and nuanced ambiguities that define all conflicts are…
A Clinton presidency
It is quite a certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States of America. An America under the leadership of Hillary Clinton is perhaps scarier…
The language of war
The tragic war that has torn Syria apart over the last five years has created enormous suffering in modern times. Not enough has been said about the war by the…
