The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad.
2008-2013: On February 18, 2008, the PPP led by Asif Ali Zardari won 116 seats in the National Assembly. On March 25, Yousaf Raza Gilani took the...
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan used to raise $2.8 billion in domestic revenues per year and spent $11.4 billion per year. Of the $11.4 billion...
Pre-election: the PTI had the best manifesto; 61 pages, 639 sentences and 14,640 words. ‘The Road to Naya Pakistan’ was thorough, focused and...
Education: In 2001, primary school student enrollment in Afghanistan stood at 773,623. It has now grown to over 7 million. In 2001, total student...
I was shocked to read the ‘International Food Security Assessment 2021-31’ by the United States Department of Agriculture. I was shocked to find...
On March 18, at the National Security Division’s first-ever ‘security dialogue’, General Qamar Javed Bajwa stated that it is “our desire to...
Pernicious polarization. Our society has now become mutually distrustful of ‘us versus them’ camps. You're either with the PTI or you're against...
War has not ended in Afghanistan; it is taking a new form. The US is ending its ground military deployment but there will be no peace in...
In my considered opinion, the probability of a ‘political solution’ to the Afghan quagmire is low. In my considered opinion, the probability of...
A bluff is “an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.” A policy is a “course or principle of...
