Pakistan’s political sphere: Can this “immoral order” be fixed?

5 July 1977 invokes a lot of bad memories. It was the start of the Zia Dark Ages whose lasting product has been the...

Afghan transit trade: The plight of traders

Pakistan is currently facing many conspiracies, mostly internal. One of them by the bureaucracy, led by the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR). The objective;...

Is PTI planning a U-turn on the South Punjab issue?

The only time our political heavyweights agree upon their constituents’ plight is when the electoral procedure is about to kickstart. At no other time,...

A bouncy journey for Pakistan: 1947-2020 (Part 2)

During Zardari’s 5-year black rule, ethics, high morals, values and principles were replaced with immorality. Corruption as well as corrupt practices scaled new heights...

East Asia’s victory against coronavirus has lessons for all

No government should be blamed for a pandemic, but they should be scrutinized for how they respond to one. As the epicentre of coronavirus...

A bouncy journey for Pakistan: 1947-2020 (Part 1)

After achieving which no one else could achieve, Quaid-e-Azam passed away one year after the birth of Pakistan. Allah willed his departure honorably since...

Palestine plays regional power politics with proposed energy deal

When Faed Mustafa, Palestine’s ambassador in Ankara, expressed interest in June in negotiating with Turkey an agreement on the delineation of maritime boundaries in the...

How India knowingly dumped Iran

These easily discernible strategic chain reactions were regrettably missed by many experts owing either to unfamiliarity with the guiding motivations of each related party...

Will Sino-Indian deescalation result in long-lasting peace?

After bloody scuffle on Sino-Indian Line of Actual Control at Ladakh, China and India have agreed to create a buffer zone, with both sides...

Why is no money available for improving Karachi?

Alamgir Khan, the founder and leader of the ‘Fix It’ movement of Karachi, stood on the largest choked rainwater drain of the city, warning...

Uzair Baloch’s JIT: The right questions to ask

Every time you think that you have seen the worst of politics in Pakistan, you are amazed to discover that there are still deeper...

Untargeted aerial bombing of Germany delayed Nazi defeat

The English Air Force chief Arthur Harris had been convinced that attempts to bomb Germany "city by city”, as he said it in mid-1942,...