Farrukh Khan Pitafi

  • Pitfalls of mainstreaming

    You can soft pedal in the realm of nomenclature by calling them militants, the disaffected and the angry. But you cannot shy away from the fact that...

  • The real threat to Pakistan

    At the height of terror attacks in Pakistan the need was felt for a national consensus against the scourge. It was in those days that one opinion...

  • Much ado about Panama

    We, Pakistanis, are masters of hitting the target but missing the point. Blowing up an isolated case that is symptomatic of a larger failure and...

  • Arrested development

    More than 20 years ago when the internet was young, the world realised how easy upward social mobility had become. It was then that the tech giants...

  • Time to wake up

    It is year 2030. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was finished ahead of its schedule and is a roaring success. Pakistan’s infrastructure...