A time of ‘permacrisis’….Ghazi Salahuddin
These days of the year arouse mixed feelings. On the one hand, you are inclined to take stock of what has happened during the year that is ending. And this … Read More
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The PTI’s legacy…. Dr Farrukh Saleem
Right now the most unenviable job in Pakistan is that of the finance minister the most difficult, rather undesirable and quite unpleasant. The PML-N expects him to preserve the partys … Read More
Emergency provisions….Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
WITH each passing day, the state of animosity between the PTI, along with the two provincial governments it controls, and the federal government, that is composed of a multiparty coalition, … Read More
‘Deep rethink’….Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
ADDRESSING the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad in June, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called for a deep rethink of our foreign policy. This was a clarion call, indeed, that was … Read More
Bannu siege, proxy terrorism & politicisation of security issues….Imtiaz Gul
As the year draws to a close, terrorist violence has once again shaken parts of Pakistan’s northwestern territories. The stand-off around the counter-terrorism department (CTD) building in Bannu Cantonment was … Read More
Kishida in a tight corner….Dr Imran Khalid
When the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) triumphed in Julys election to the Upper House of the National Diet of Japan, many political analysts were predicting three golden years for Japanese … Read More
Where are we headed?….Anjum Altaf
PAKISTAN has become a surreal place. It feels more like a circus where the more bizarre the somersaults the more appreciative the audience and the more clownish the act the … Read More
Citizen refugees….Sikander Ahmed Shah
ON Dec 15, at least six civilians were killed in a clash between Pakistani and Afghan border forces near their international border crossing at Chaman-Spin Boldak, the latest in a … Read More
Inside the Red Zone: Half-baked politics… Fahd Husain
You can’t trash a house and then complain it’s looking bad. Which is why it has become rather tiresome to hear the PTI chairman bemoan the absence of stability as … Read More
My mother, my teacher!….Dr. Samia Raheel Qazi (IMWU-ASIA)
A loving, affectionate and charismatic personality who, at first glance reminds me of Umme Ammarah, the lady saved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) during Battle of Ohod and today, my mother, my … Read More