The image is cover page of Masood Kizilbash’s book ‘Human Conflict with Nature’. — The News FileMasood Kizilbash’s book ‘Human Conflict...
A man of great intellect and integrity a visionary economist a high-caliber statesman these are some of expressions used to describe Sartaj Aziz
There are times when it can be helpful to look back at things of the past. For example, if we were to go back to the summer of 1958, we would...
The murky political and economic scenario of the last fifteen months is beginning to clear up with two major developments. First came the $3 billion...
The Western media which leads the world in dissemination of news has gone quiet after their projections of President Erdogan's defeat in the Turkish...
Pakistan’s political and economic flux shows no sign of improvement as seen in some recent developments. Imran Khan continues to oppose the ruling...
Consumers are in a state of shock over the latest jump in petrol prices. However, there are some who will be satisfied with the raise. First, the...
The din of our fledgling democracy has crossed the limits allowed by reason and decency, but there is no sign of de-escalation in the persistent...
Former PM Imran Khan will be in Rawalpindi on November 26, where he hopes to reignite the protest movement till fresh elections are announced. The...
There was great temptation to write about August 29 as ‘the longest day’ on account of the IMF’s anxiously awaited decision on its Extended...
Three months after the dramatic change of government in Islamabad, Pakistan’s political and economic turmoil is far from over. What was carried...
On day four of leaving the PM’s Office, Imran Khan was working a massive rally of his supporters in Peshawar, riling them up against America and...
Barack Obama's eight years in the White House were marked by more downs than ups in Pak-US relations. The year 2011, in particular, saw the lowest...
While Bangladesh was celebrating 50 years of independence, I became more conscious of its relics in Islamabad, not difficult to spot if you are...
It is that time of the year when around two hundred ambitious young men and women, as well as their families, celebrate their success in the Central...
The British managed to say adios to the Brussels leviathan known as the European Union and the multi-layered bureaucracy that runs it, just in time...
The country's civil service structure is finally undergoing some changes and you can get a measure of their significance while staying safely at...
There are mixed signals about the direction our state and society appear to be taking. Both have scored a victory in limiting the ravages of...
Masud Mufti, writer, thinker and administrator was among those teenagers who marched in the streets of Lahore for the creation of Pakistan. He...
The Chinese new year predates the Christ Era calendar by nearly 2700 years. To be precise, the Chinese new year 4718 began on January 25, 2020 and...
Adviser for Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Husain has at last lifted the curtain from his much-awaited reform package for the country's civil...
Over two million infected and more than 150,000 dead world-wide. That is the toll the new coronavirus has caused at the time of writing these...
It’s about China. The world witnessed year after year, the phenomenal rise of China, with mixed feelings of awe and envy. The world’s most...
February 8, 2020 may go down as the day Delhi spun out of the BJP’s orbit, again. The make-believe mantra of an imminent war with Pakistan does...
If a year ever started with a bang, it’s your cutely named Twenty20. Barely a week into the new year, Australia had been hit by a near cataclysm...
We are fast approaching the day when Donald Trump’s name will be added to the list of American presidents who had to face impeachment.On balance,...
In a column titled ‘Breakdown of morality’ published in these pages on September 18 this year, I had drawn attention to the tendency of some...
The US Senate has decided to also urge the BJP government to ease its draconian restrictions on the people of Indian-held Kashmir.India is not yet...
The ongoing crisis in Indian-held Kashmir has three distinct but interconnected dimensions: geopolitical, humanitarian and legal.The Modi government...
It has been nearly a month that the champions of Hindu raj ran amok in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Parts of the disputed territory now resemble a...
What Modi decides, Modi does, say the Indian premier’s diehard supporters. That is not reassuring as his actions can be extremely dangerous, like...
Donald Trump’s special envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has undertaken another round of consultations in Kabul and Islamabad before his next...
There could be nothing as exalting for the rulers as travelling abroad. Agreed that Imran Khan’s visit to Washington was not a lot of pomp and...
The first thing that strikes observers of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump is the two men's shared rise...
It was only a few days back that I shared my pessimism with a friend about the open-ended conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria. He was interested to...
On the surface, Imran Khan completed his best week as prime minister. Budget 2019-20 was approved by parliament. The PTI’s amnesty scheme for...
Ten months into office and PM Khan seems to have settled in the role of the nation’s chief instructor. One wonders if he will have success as a...
Prime minister Imran Khan has come down again, like a proverbial tonne of bricks, on the hoarders of black money. Sceptics were, however, quick to...
An elementary rule of life is that things can be kept simple or rendered complex, depending on whether you pay attention to detail or not. When the...
The Indian general election 2019 could prove to be highly consequential in some ways. The BJP’s clear victory shows that it pays to play on the...
Not very good news for the opposition’s stalwarts and their heir-lings preparing to launch a protest movement against the government. A free run...
War is a serious and deadly business. Yet, speculation is rife in Washington about a possible war with Iran without any mention of the horrendous...
Old habits die hard. If you are addicted to living on borrowed money, there is every chance of a relapse no matter the finance wizard’s claim of...
Looking at the evolving politico-economic scenario in Islamabad, the PTI’s ‘tabdeeli’ squad is not alone in being hit by changes in the...
Have children, will travel. This appears to be the credo of underprivileged people across the world and through the ages. World history is...
The cabinet reshuffle has receded as a news story but remains a hot topic, good enough to cause a bout of histrionics by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The...
It’s the economy after all. Let’s begin with the finance minister’s announcement that from now onwards, things will start moving. And that...
Consider. The formidable Anglo-American alliance that was forged a hundred years ago, and went on to dominate the world for decades, is finally on...
The PTI government may soon be facing a new challenge, that of maintaining Pakistan’s ranking in the World Happiness Index. Pakistanis may be...
Foreign affairs can at times offer government leaders a respite from thorny domestic issues – but not for long. After wisely handling the showdown...
