Assessing the political reality of Kashmir dispute
Indian media speculates some change in the political structure of the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir, be it the restoration of the statehood...
Pakistan’s high divorce cases: Lack of love, or laws?
The year 2020 has been a topsy-turvy journey for the world, and Pakistan is not an exception. The detriments and perils brought by 2020...
Can regional power players prevent chaos in Afghanistan?
|Jawad Khalid It almost feels like déjà vu. The current situation in Afghanistan reminds one of 1991 when the US abandoned the Afghan Mujahideen to their own devices when...
Why Balochistan needs a cure for its drug addiction
Balochistan takes a suffocating breath amidst heavy drug culture. The province languishes hard under the drug mafias who enjoy undisputed, extensive, and wide reach...
How “leaders” caused mayhem in the National Assembly
The past few years have seen a new buzzword, or perhaps more accurately, a buzz term, enter the country’s political discourse; ‘supremacy of parliament’....
Was Quaid-e-Azam’s Pakistan meant to be a secular state?
|Qamar Islam The argument for Pakistan’s creation was the two-nation theory i.e., that Muslims and Hindus were two separate nations on the basis of their...
Did PTI present a pro-people budget?
Sajid Iqbal The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is expecting 3.94% annual growth in the coming year (2021-2022). The expectation fairly raises an eyebrow because of...
Why Pakistan needs to keep businessmen out of politics
My father was a businessman and so was my grandfather. The family principles being:Â Indulge only in business, do not seek employment; finances must...
Watch: How Hindu ‘leaders’ spew hatred against Muslims
India is still groaning under the pandemic. Three thousand to four thousand patients still succumb to the disease each day; the government’s premature claim...
Did America’s flawed foreign policy give rise to militancy?
There is little doubt that the key principles governing the US foreign policy have been violence, destruction, and bloodshed associated with fueling the conditions...
The past, present and future of PTV
As the new Minister in charge of, inter alia, PTV, Fawad Chaudhry can bring some much-needed zest and reform to this national institution.
Budget 2021 and the whines of fading hopes
Another budget for Pakistan has been released by the PTI government. Three years in power and three finance ministers tried to maintain the precision...