Rethinking the sporting structure – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | A colleague of mine, who is still too young to have been jaded about his faith in Pakistan Cricket Team, was distraught...
Fawad Chaudhary: Minister of Information or Disinformation?
Zeeshan Munir | Fawad Chaudhary has been labeled as the ‘Minster of Disinformation’ by his critics and supporters alike for giving statements which are later...
Pakistan needs to focus on its “Pilgrimage Economy”
Shaikh Moazam Khan | Religion has a very deep relation with the economy of almost every country. After the collapse of the colonial era, religion...
Pakistani Women: Game changers for the economy!
M Zafar Khan Safdar | Pakistan is a developing country and most of its population lives in undesirable circumstances. A large number of people in...
Rifts between “Middle East Allies” rising – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Tumblr. Three recent developments lay bare the fragility...
Elephants in the room: Bureaucracy & the Privileged Classes?
M Zafar Khan Safdar | The gradual erosion of social infrastructure, endemic poverty and the growing inequality between the regions undermined the civil society and...
Islamists & Liberal Fascists: Two extremes of Pakistan
Farah Adeed | In Pakistan, unfortunately, both religion and history have been used for the vested and narrow interests and purposes of our political elite and...
India’s Saffron Justice: The Rise of the Hindutva State under BJP Patronage – Sarmad Ishfaq
Sarmad Ishfaq | Although it appears that Pakistan is perpetually portrayed as a hotbed for violence against minorities, it is ironically India that fits this...
Pashtuns – Caught between Mullah, Militants and the Military – M Zafar Khan Safdar
M Zafar Khan Safdar | With over 50 million people out of 207 million, Pashtuns are the second largest ethnic group covering 25 percent of...
Why Americans choose state over liberty – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | There is no question but that the 20th and, so far, the 21st centuries have been the centuries of socialism for...
India’s irrational behavior – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian ruling elite seems puzzled and agitated. The revealing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi involvement in the mega corruption...
Will the bureaucracy behave? – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | On Sept 14, 2018, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan addressed the bureaucracy in Islamabad. For their support in implementing his...