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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Is China evil genius? As it controls virus & begins helping others

Beijing’s initial response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China earlier this year was atrocious. First, China botches… The government first stymied the initial efforts of doctors...

Truth emerges: How GEO fueled the ‘assault on journalism’?

On the issue of media propaganda, mind control, and the filter that news media put in place to allow disciplined journalists, a BBC journalist...

Oil price war: In reality its about market share

The common refrain is that Saudi Arabia has launched an oil price war against Russia by boosting production and selling at discounted price, which,...

NGOs: Difficult relationship with Pakistani state and society?

There has been increased skepticism about the motives and operations of NGOs as they have, over time, moved away from the apolitical civil society...

The Godfathers of Pakistan: Sharif-Zardari empires

Mian Muhammad Sharif and Hakim Ali Zardari were the founders of the richest empires of our times. Mian Sharif had six brothers and three...

Modi remembers ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy in light of Corona

After an interlude of nearly six years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is once again networking with India’s neighbors in a SAARC setting. He had...

South Punjab province: Is it even needed?

The creation of a new province will open the Pandora’s Box, wrecking the federation and creating a crisis where there is none — something...

A Kashmiri’s experience of living in Delhi

As a kid in Kashmir I always used to hear stereotypes about people and places like do not grow beard outside Kashmir, they will...

Corona pandemic: History being written in Pakistan & World

History has a peculiar sense of inevitability. ‘Moments in history’ do not always announce themselves with the bang of gunfire, or from the podium...

Ashraf Ghani vs Abdullah Abdullah: Afghanistan’s crisis a comedy show!

In the backdrop of unending violence, bloodletting and mayhem, two parallel oath-taking ceremonies provided comic relief to the citizens of Kabul on Monday. Incumbent...

Hydro-politics in South Asia: Impending omens of war – III

Bangladesh will experience a serious threat to its water supply by Indian activities upstream the Ganges river as well. The Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers...

Truth and reconciliation: Pakistan’s only way forward

While addressing a group of journalists the Prime Minister (PM) indicated that the intelligence agencies have collected reliable date on the activities of all-important...