Half of a man….Nikhat Sattar
DECADES ago, I was watching a documentary in which a foreign journalist was talking with a young man in Afghanistan. The interviewee was probably an Afghan Talib and the question … Read More
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Sharing ‘one’ air….Zofeen T Ebrahim
IMAGINE Pakistan well not just Pakistan, but the whole of South Asia in the next 20 years. There will be a huge unhealthy population, and many people will die prematurely. … Read More
No one to guide them….Faisal Bari
I have had countless such conversations with students in all sorts of schools and universities. In schools it is about what you will be studying at university level; at college … Read More
Between delusion and deception….Raoof Hasan
Delusion is generally perceived as a state of mind and deception, an act mired in ill intentions. But there is a definitive common ground between the two which cannot be … Read More
Fixing the taxation system – Part I…..Ishrat Husain
Very few people outside the economics profession realize that fiscal (government revenue and expenditure) and current accounts (inflows and outflows of foreign exchange) are closely interlinked. A current account is … Read More
When power dissipates …Shahzad Chaudhry
Russia has been in a war for ten months now. A military superpower should never be in a war for that long against a rag tag civil-militia quasi-military force. Going … Read More
WWIII….Aneela Shahzad
If the Ukraine War becomes a long-drawn war of attrition that neither the NATO nor Russia are willing to lose, there could become a de facto ceasefire line between the … Read More
Lack of accountability lies at the root of healthcare mess …. Durdana Najam
Let us begin with a positive note. The team of doctors who conducted an operation on my mother were highly professional and dedicated. Their only motive was to ensure that … Read More
Dirty Wars…. Imran Jan
The above is a title of the book by one of the brave investigative journalists namely Jeremy Scahill. This book was released in 2013. I still remember going to a … Read More
Dealing with TTP and Afghanistan…Inam Ul Haque
The inevitable is happening consequent to a faulty understanding given to the criminals of TTP by interlocutors during failed negotiations. The negotiators sadly lacked a deep socio-psychological understanding of the … Read More