Remembering Saiful Azam: PAF’s legendary Top Gun fighter pilot
Saiful Azam, a unique figure in the history of Bangladesh, fought in wars as a fighter pilot in three different countries: Jordan, Iraq, and...
From Chiniot to Harvard; the story of a boy from Pakistan
From matriculation in Chiniot and a Bachelors degree in Karachi to Harvard University in USA; my journey has had me attend top institutes in...
Repercussions of tensions between India and China for Asia
The uprising of Ladakh in 1959 had transformed into a full-fledged war between China and India in 1962. It resulted in a rather unfavourable...
Pakistan’s governance structure notorious for delayed decision making
Delaying of decisions to defy needed change is fatal for any country. A well-known proverb says ‘Never put off till tomorrow what you can...
How to help rural Pakistan’s women amid Covid-19
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc to the economic, social and political fabric of societies worldwide, the gendered impact of the outbreak is being debated by...
Achilles heel for PTI: The foreign funding case
Seventy is the number of times the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) scrutiny committee has met, so far, in the PTI-foreign funding case. Make...
Tracing the roots of Hindutva & Modi’s BJP party
Modi is not wrong in heralding the spectre of Akhund Bharat, currently resting in the Reich of Hindutva. He is not wrong in fancying...
Why lower energy costs don’t trickle down in Pakistan
As energy prices hit new lows in international markets - due to plummeting global demand owing to the Coronavirus - business dynamics in Pakistan...
Crying over spilt milk: Supreme Court & coronavirus
On the 19th of May 2020, the Supreme Court of Pakistan set aside the Government’s partial economic lockdown claiming that the country should not...
Cabinet meeting: PM to impose smart lockdowns across the country?
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has summoned federal cabinet meeting today (Tuesday) and a five points agenda has also been issued on this count. Sources...
Collaboration must for fighting Pakistan’s locust invasion
Since last year, the desert locust has been posing an unprecedented threat to Pakistan’s agriculture sector, and the response of the government was slow...
India at loss as Indo-Pacific strategy collapses
The past two decades of international policy and regional strategy have been a tremendous challenge for Pakistan. In the aftermath of 9/11, and the...