Ayaz Ahmed

  • Ex-CJP Tassaduq Jillani to lead commission formed to investigate judges’ allegations

    Ex-CJP Tassaduq Jillani to lead commission formed to investigate judges’ allegations

    The sources say the inquiry commission will submit its report in 60 days

  • The NSP shift

    Nobody can deny that Pakistan is rich in resources – but very poor in timely and efficient management. And deep-seated corruption is one of the...

  • Making sense of PTI’s defeat

    One should reconcile with the fact that only change is permanent in the world. The defeat of the ruling party in recent LG polls in some tehsils of...

  • Foreign aid: a curse?

    The economic team of the PTI seems to be engaged in chest-thumping after getting the nod from the IMF for $1 billion to steer the country’s...

  • ‘Nationalising’ NAB

    There is no doubt that a system of robust and impartial accountability is the cornerstone of liberal democracy; the process of checks and balances...

  • The cost of economic dependency

    Pakistan's protracted economic reliance on the US and some international financial institutions has seemingly deprived our geo-economically...

  • A potential confrontation

    Last Sunday, the Trump administration threateningly said that it was deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force...

  • Electoral imperatives

    In parliamentary democracy, elections are held to continue the democratic process from one government to another without an inordinate...

  • How to manage Pak-US ties

    How to manage Pak-US ties

    It has been one of the most difficult tasks for almost all successive governments in Pakistan to effectively manage relations with the US. Even...

  • Chabahar's fate

    Chabahar's fate

    When the US had lifted sanctions on Iran as a result of the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, the Rouhani-led government in Tehran optimistically expedited...

  • The end of the deal

    Before the May 12 deadline, President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal, with the objective to find a...

  • The dilemma of unity

    When US President Donald Trump announced his disruptive policy to shift the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the divided Muslim world...

  • The cure to climate change

    As a non-traditional security threat, climate change has continued to produce daunting challenges for Pakistan. The pressing issue of global warming...

  • The state of the economy

    As a sovereign state, Pakistan cannot sustain itself politically and militarily without long-term economic stability. Despite having a significant...

  • Setting the rules of engagement

    Henry Kissinger once remarked that: “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”. Though most American political and...

  • Bridging the divide

    Since Pakistan and Afghanistan cannot change their geographical locations, it is in their long-term economic and security interests to bury their...

  • The answer to our education woes

    Though quality education is the most powerful weapon for change, successive governments in Pakistan have displayed a reluctance to equip the people...

  • The Indo-Japanese bonhomie

    The Indo-Japanese relationship is rapidly gathering impetus, taking shape faster than any of New Delhi’s current strategic partnerships in...

  • Foreign policy imperatives

    Pakistan has lacked a pragmatic and well-articulated foreign policy since 2008. What is more worrying is that the PML-N led incumbent democratic...

  • A calculated step

    Under its recently-announced Afghan policy, the Trump administration has decided to deploy some 4,000 additional troops in Afghanistan to assist the...