Stop growing water thirsty crops …. Syed Mohammad Ali
Pakistan is on its way to experiencing a full-blown water crisis. We have gone from a nation which had surplus water to one which is now seriously water-stressed, and this … Read More
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From Casablanca to New York:OIC Advocates Consistent Kashmir Policy …. Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
October 2, 2024 :(The paper was submitted to the OIC Contact Group on Kashmir, held at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2024) I am extremely grateful for the opportunity … Read More
Bringing them home…Rabiya Javeri Agha
MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahims visit to Pakistan is a crucial opportunity to address an important humanitarian and diplomatic issue the signing of a long-awaited prisoner transfer agreement. A PTA … Read More
Modern facsimiles…F.S. Aijazuddin
MUSTAFA Kemal Atatrk was born in Turkey, in 1881. Since then, facsimiles have been spawned many times: Soekarno in Indonesia, Lt-Col Rawlings in Ghana, Col Nasser in Egypt, Field Marshal … Read More
Mixed developments…Khurram Husain
THE news is not all bad, though the outlook remains gloomy and will take at least a year to rectify. The stabilisation phase of economic management is drawing to a … Read More
Cooking a Pakistani chaos casserole…Shaukat Ahmed
Today, in a journalistic coup that would make Woodward and Bernstein weep with envy, we bring you the coveted recipe that has kept a nation of 220 million perpetually teetering … Read More
Missing: the Bihari narrative in Pakistan-Bangladesh ties ….Dr Rakhshinda Perveen
The current political shift – characterised by the forced departure of pro-India Sheikh Hasina and reported public sentiments favouring Pakistan in Bangladesh, our former East Pakistan – has sparked renewed … Read More
Let us be a normal country ….Talat Masood
Pakistan’s future lies in being a ‘normal country’ operating within the expected norms of governance and societal structures. A stable government requires a functioning political system with established institutions and … Read More
Moments of dread … Rafia Zakaria
ONE might say that nothing will happen and that the world will continue just as it has so far. However, after last week and the endless volley of attacks, bombings … Read More
At war with itself ….. Zahid Hussain
IT has gone beyond polemics. The internal fracas has split the country’s top judiciary. While tensions had been simmering for a long time, the latest presidential ordinance amending the Supreme … Read More