Am I The State?
Ikram Sehgal | A month or so plus 40 years ago the democratically elected government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was toppled in a coup in...
Isn’t Ayesha Gulalai lying?
Eliya Khurshid | Here you have it, three words...though in a different context than expected. Ever since Imran Khan has opposed Nawaz Sharif, every political...
Nawaz Sharif’s political march – Is it that political?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | All over the world when the crisis happens people turn over to the governments. Not in Pakistan, here an ousted...
Where Doklam traverses regional politics
M K Bhadrakumar | The regional setting in which the India-China standoff at Doklam is playing out can only be ignored at our risk. Most...
NRO: What it was and what it became?
Saleem Akhtar Malik l National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) stands prominently in the cliché ridden Pakistani society. Unmindful of the grammatical connotations, our political jargon has...
India’s Supreme Court denies abortion for 10 year old girl
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of India refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl who is at least 28 weeks’ pregnant. The...
Figuring out the Kennedy assassination part 2
Jacob G. Hornberger | The official story of the Kennedy assassination is that he was killed by a former U.S. Marine, lone-nut, communist assassin named...
Modi revisits Iran ties
M K Bhadrakumar | The decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to depute the minister of transport Nitin Gadkari to represent India at the inaugural...
Nawaz Sharif: A dictator in disguise
Ahad Tariq | The world witnessed a smooth democratic transition in Pakistan’s Prime Minister Office when Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of Pakistan Muslim League (N) was sworn...
Enough with the VIP Protocols
M Hassan | You want something, you need to stand up for it One of the earliest ads of Zong went along the lines of, “…stop...
New Afghan Policy – Implications for Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Pakistan is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Trump administration’s new Afghan policy – likely to be made public shortly....
Smart people don’t choose their seats randomly
News Desk | Every week I have a coaching session with some of our team members. In the meeting room, we use most often for...