Adnan Randhawa

Adnan Randhawa

The writer is a former diplomat and currently practises law.

  • Reclaiming universities

    What happened to Mashal is the nightmare of almost every right-minded, curious, thoughtful or inquisitive mind in our universities – nay in...

  • The Afghan hat-trick

    The US is fast losing the war in Afghanistan – if it has not already lost. It is, by all means, just a matter of time before Donald Trump...

  • Spiral into corruption

    Corruption has contaminated our society to such an extent that it has become an integral part of our social behaviour and the system in which all of...

  • The mask comes off

    It was not through a coup d’etat. Nor did he land himself into the White House by imposing martial law. It was a largely credible democratic...

  • Kashmir: the case for alternate strategies

    Kashmir is and will remain a flashpoint between India and Pakistan because the powers-that-be of the world wish it to remain so – although it...

  • Back to a bad patch

    Here we go again; we are in a bad patch with the US, our ‘selfish friend’. Many would disagree with this statement as it presupposes...

  • What policy?

    Some recent developments at the international level indicate that our security and foreign policies have again failed. First, the F-16 deal has...

  • Protecting the whistle-blower

    We often hear that good people do exist in the world, and it’s because of them that the world is functional. It’s a common observation...

  • Progressive Pakistan

    Has Pakistan finally set sail towards a bright future? Some recent trends have shown more acceptance for liberal policies and leftist politics,...

  • Course correction

    Long overdue course correction by our state seems to have finally begun, and it encompasses at least three major areas: extremism, India and...