Here’s why allies Russia and Turkey fighting each other in Libya
Fraught with multiple powder kegs that could blow up at any moment, relations between Turkey and Russia constitute a study in the management of...
Self-proclaimed ‘superpower’ India left red-faced by China
At least 20 members of the Indian military were killed during non-firearm clashes with China earlier this week along their disputed frontier in Kashmir,...
Ways Covid-19 can accelerate development in Pakistan
Human health and wellbeing have never seemed more essential to economic development than they are today. In the midst of a global pandemic, I am...
Justice Qazi Faez Isa reference: Supreme Court in a fix?
A dialogue from the movie "Scent of a woman" captivated my imagination in the coming years and decades. The gritty retired colonel on one...
False flag attempt in Jammu and Kashmir by India
On May 28 this year, media in India reported the security forces in the Pulwama district of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) had...
A country marred by corruption
As a political activist, I could never imagine that one day political resistance would intermingle with corruption. In the Ayub era, the political ‘dark...
How can Pakistan and India cooperate on COVID 19?
It is said that crisis brings out the best in the human race, then the COVID-19 pandemic presents an excellent opportunity for both India...
Has Imran Khan forgotten PAT and the Model Town massacre victims?
PM Imran Khan, I am writing this to remind you of an old promise that you might have forgotten about after assuming the state's...
Middle East problems amplified by coronavirus
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is raising its ugly head. It is putting Middle East leaders at a crossroads as they struggle...
Indo-China tensions: excellent opportunity for Pakistan to cash in?
We have always missed opportune moments to resolve the Kashmir dispute. In the 1962 India/China war, we should have attacked or at least moved...
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...