The battle of Tribal Islam vs Settled Islam in Afghanistan
The rapidity with which the Western alliance dislodged the Taliban regime in 2001 pales in comparison to the rapidity with which the Taliban retook...
Comprehending a bleak picture of Afghanistan
The current seizure of the Afghanistan capital Kabul by the Taliban is an event no less important than 9/11 as it has the potential...
The growing concern of bribery in Pakistan
As nothing moves without bribery in the land of the pure, for the purpose of survival, it is important to deal with it. My...
The shattered American dreams
Americans are in habit of creating an enemy and then launch a media campaign to defame and distort the enemy image. The bais and...
“Stop blame game & lets build Afghanistan”- Dr. Atia Kazmi
Dr Atia Ali Kazmi, a Senior Policy Analyst at NUST, thinks that countries should accept the ground reality of Taliban returning to power after 20 years. Instead of focusing on the blame game, measures need to be taken for the social, economical, and political development of Afghanistan.
Evaluating changing global power dynamics and Pakistan’s foreign policy
The rise and fall of great powers change the dynamics of world politics. When the key players in the global system rise or fall,...
The choked filters of the State of Pakistan
The filters of Pakistan have been contaminated with repeated measures of corruption, so a mere oil change is only a short-term fix. There is...
US defeat in Afghanistan: Ending west’s dream of hegemony over Eurasian land mass?
The ex-Soviet states of the Caucasus and Central Asia have, following the early 1990s, been “all about America's energy security” according to Bill Richardson,...
Sugar: Poisoning our health, industry and economy (part 2)
To reiterate the crux of part 1 of this series, Sugar: Health, Industry, Economy, Pakistan’s policy environment is skewed in favor of sugarcane cultivation....
The Alt-Media community: Virtue signaling & false assumptions about Afghanistan
Many in the Alt-Media Community (AMC) are resorting to virtue signaling and false comparisons about Afghanistan following the Taliban's decisive anti-imperialist victory there over the Americans....
To the “reluctant honchos”, Pakistan needs honest leadership – Dr. Farid A. Malik
Dr. Farid A. Malik, an ex-Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, thinks authority figures in Pakistan are not performing well in their organizations. Reluctance to perform in such important positions of authority is a sin that cannot be condoned. One must deliver or get out of the way.
Corruption in Pakistan: A never-ending challenge
According to Dr. Farid A. Malik, an Ex-Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, corruption combined with incompetence has become the order of the day. The combination of honest and able individuals which once existed has almost become extinct.