These are some Yew quotes that should be of interest to all Pakistanis who recognize corruption as a deadly poison for their country
Representational image.— APP FileAnti-corruption measures can only have cumulative success if they are part and parcel of good governance. In the...
Pakistan’s policies, whether external or domestic have, by and large, been an extended series of short-term policies that never add up to a...
Dr Kissinger is no less lucid and illuminating in his book, ‘On China’, where he contrasts Western concept of strategy and statecraft with its...
Pakistan today barely pretends to be a democracy
Mueen Afzal mentioned two economists whose writings have fundamentally influenced thinking on development economics
While true heroes of this epic are people of Pakistan tenacity, courage and conviction of Imran Khan must be acknowledged and saluted
He was indeed a polymath, a person whose excellence spans a whole spectrum of fields
History is what has happened or is happening. But sometimes it is what does not happen. So, the other day I had a meeting with Imran Khan that never...
By 2050 Pakistan will have at least 350 million people. Its military and elite dominated political paradigm, neo-feudal attitudes, budgetary...
Pakistan today is in such a state where only historically unprecedented actions on a historically unprecedented scale can ensure its survival. This...
The Pakistan Movement by and large could have delivered on the hopes of most of the Muslims of undivided India even if they were not able to be part...
Sehbaye yaqeen dar kash wa az dair-e-gumaan khez/ Az khwab-e-giran, khwab-e-giran, khwab-e-giran khez – Allama IqbalAn entity – whether a...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.On February 25, 2021 the joint statement of...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.In memory of Zainul Abedin, whom I got to...
Let us briefly look at Pakistan’s main external relationships. Pakistan is fortunate to have a strong relationship with China. It is the world’s...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.Writing about Pakistan’s foreign policy is...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.This is a question which surfaces from time...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.Pakistan, along with the rest of the world,...
India’s crime of genocide in Kashmir did not begin on August 5, 2019. It began 73 years ago when planned and abetted mass slaughter and expulsions...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.Pakistan is one country out of the 193...
Anatol Lieven, the renowned author of several books, including ‘Pakistan: A Hard Country’, has recently published another important book,...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.In Afghanistan, or anywhere else today, the...
Among the big powers of today, there are two rabid countries: one is the United States under sociopath Trump and his far more evil cohorts. The...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.No one knows how long the Covid-19 pandemic...
This is the Arab greeting during Ramazan. Ramazan is generous, an opportunity to bring out the best in people and communities. This is needed in a...
One of India’s foremost and international prize winning journalists who is a trenchant critic of Modi’s policies has taken exception to the use...
More than two months after Modi’s political blitzkrieg of August 5, 2019 there is still no practical consensus or political clarity in Pakistan on...
The moment of truth is upon us. Who are we? What do we stand for? What is the worth of our word? Narendra Modi’s miserable decision of August 5,...
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.How can one discuss the current situation in...
The comprehensively corrupt and heartless governance of the recent past is being publicly exposed. But is this really a crusade to rid the country...
The caretakers are in place. Good luck to them. They will need it. Fair elections are their responsibility. But they have limited authority and...
Parveen Shakir famously said: “Baat tau such hai magar baat hai ruswaee ki” This is the news about a truth-averse Pakistan today. The...
