Covid-19: Say no to conspiracy theories or invite another crisis

United States’ President Donald Trump thinks that COVID19 is a `Chinese virus’. Conspiracy theories are making rounds that the virus was compounded in a...

Pakistan: A sleeping technology giant

The output of scientific research if not directed and applied is paper publication. After research comes development and its application is followed by the...

Ehsas Emergency Program: Making it work

Data is prerequisite for making informed decision and policy making. This is important for relief work in general and Ehsas Emergency Program in particular....

Hidden motives behind Israel-Azerbaijan alliance

Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the...

Kashmir issue will not be settled by means of speeches & majority decisions but by iron & blood

Kashmir issue is the unfinished agenda of the Partition in 1947 which was left behind by the British. This has bedevilled Indo-Pakistan relations. The...

Ramzan: Less-known benefits of fasting

Ramzan is one of the most sacred months of the Islamic calendar. In this blessed month, the holy Quran was revealed and fasting was...

Modi’s India is no more white & green; it is all saffron

The lynching of two sadhus and their driver at Dhabadi-Khanvel road near Gadchinchale Palghar, while they were going to Silvassa reveals how abysmal the...

How Pakistan became safer than New York

Let me go out on a limb and say something that could come back and haunt me. Pakistan is doing well at managing the...

Pakistan: Leaders must be elected, not imposed

No, political leadership cannot be fabricated. Pakistan is a living proof of this flawed approach. The Chaudhrys of Gujrat, Sharifs of Lahore, Wattoos of...

How will COVID-19 shape the world politics?

During the Cold War, the two antagonists – the USA and former Soviet Union - in their bid to safeguard the vital western and...

How to kickstart the economy whilst keeping people safe?

Imran Khan’s government seems to have adopted a prudent approach by gradually starting the process of re-opening the economy, while side by side trying...

Can we take “advantage” of the coronavirus crisis?

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you...