Tag: Hussain H Zaidi

The political history of Pakistan may well be written in terms of a tug-of-war between the judiciary and the executive, with each accusing the other of interference in its domain. … Read More

China has decided to raise the retirement age to 63 years for men and 58 for women. Currently, Chinese men and women retire at 60 and 55 respectively. The new … Read More

Afghanistan’s new Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a codification of the existing rules, marks a continuation of the increasing miseries of the Afghan people. Yet, … Read More

India is a mammoth country and as big a land of contradictions. It is the world’s largest democracy but is not prepared to give Kashmiris the right to self-determination. Not … Read More

In history, three thinkers have done more than any other to shock the world. The first was 16th-century astronomer Copernicus, who refuted the centuries-old geocentric view of the universe. Copernicus … Read More

Does the tiff between the United States and China prefigure a return to the politics of the cold war era (1945-89), which divided the world into two hostile blocs for … Read More

The rise of political and religious extremism is the most conspicuous development that has come about in Pakistan in recent years. Both these varieties of extremism are interlinked and are … Read More

As the nation gears up for national elections, the question that dominates media and political discourse is: which party will carry the day? Will it be the current favourites – … Read More

The PTI received a second setback after the fateful day of May 9, 2023. A few weeks ago, a large number of frontline party leaders from Punjab many of whom … Read More