Tag: Shahzad Chaudhry

Rather than find adulatory or denigrative classifications to the mayhem in the Middle East, Tom Friedman of the NYT clubs the two sides as the ‘coalition of inclusion’ and ‘coalition … Read More

Why the turmoil of contestation? We seem to be fighting for credibility and democracy, the two binding pillars of the state-society construct. If a rearguard is needed to reinforce either … Read More

Baloch restiveness is as old as Pakistan. Initially the State of Kalat, which was an independent entity under the British took its time to accede to Pakistan and when that … Read More

To what end? Imran Khan banned TLP, and it is occupying the nerve-centre on the main arteries of Pindi and Islamabad; all simply look on, quite helplessly. We banned Awami … Read More

The question has been posed frequently in the last some weeks and found favour in the Indian media for obvious reasons. The two principals in Pakistan’s power equation, the prime … Read More

Am I even qualified to comment? Many who have known me long enough may agree. Cricket has become a part of the nation’s DNA in the last three to four … Read More

A few things are given about Modi 3.0. India shall be a patently Hindu, non-secular country in the near-term under Modi contrary to how it was perceived by its forefathers. … Read More

When Narendra Modi was up for another election in 2019 for his second term, he preceded that with an aerial strike against a target across the line of control. He … Read More

That’s the blueprint Pakistan needs to develop and pursue. Already on the verge of a financial if not an economic collapse, its forex reserves are literally all borrowed and extremely … Read More

Some families have it all — landed, aristocratic, prominent; some educated and moneyed and therefore eminent. More so in rural set-ups where not many may strike luck that well and … Read More