Humayun Gauhar

Humayun Gauhar

  • Victory at COP27

    With the recent assassination attempt on Imran Khan, all eyes will be on his political progress and the security situation going forward. Whether or...

  • Fight for stability

    Fight for stability

    Political instability is the central theme not just in Pakistan, but the world over. Former British PM Liz Truss lasted only 45 days. Her aim was to...

  • Uncertainty prevails

    Uncertainty continues to reach unprecedented levels. It reigns supreme over calm and predictability, and will continue to do so in the future.The...

  • Politics of despair

    Politics of despair

    The moral decay of Pakistan and the malaise it has created continue to have devastating consequences. Unmoored from principles, the deliberate...

  • For the greater good

    For the greater good

    It has been one year since the disastrous withdrawal of US/Nato forces from Afghanistan. As expected, the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated...

  • American shortsightedness

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken the global order. Prices have escalated dramatically, and economies worldwide are struggling to stay...

  • Preparing for the grind

    Watching events unfold over the last few weeks has been painful, primarily because Pakistan’s priorities are all wrong.We are glued to our phones...

  • The big picture

    A position of tumult and strife is familiar territory. The economy is under severe stress, and many are beginning to fear a Sri Lanka like...

  • Search for the middle ground

    Upon examination, it has become abundantly clear the’ intellectual elite’ are more concerned about defending their narrative rather than looking...

  • Dark times

    Dark times are familiar territory for Pakistan. Rather than progress and prosperity, instability and regression are Pakistan’s chief residents.Our...

  • The circus goes on

    As time goes on, one would expect political narratives to evolve and become more nuanced. In Pakistan, we have witnessed the opposite, a regression...

  • Hypocrites galore

    To say that Pakistan is at a flashpoint could be a massive understatement. The government is being threatened with a no-confidence motion by the...

  • In Imran’s defence

    Criticism of the prime minister continues to mount. That is not uncommon a year before an election. For Imran Khan’s sake, it is important that he...

  • Change in the air

    To say that the world is changing is a truism. The question is: what is it morphing into, and what is the debris it will leave behind? It is not the...

  • Wonders never cease

    Wonders never cease – and now that they’ve become ceaseless, we are left breathless. There are more wonders per day now than we can get used to....

  • Another civilisation

    One thing that I have been telling young people is that the coronavirus has come to stay. So, deal with it. Yes, its intensity will fluctuate, but...

  • Ignorance is the enemy

    We had all settled down to worry about the so-called mini-budget and the price of everything that matters when tragedy struck in the breakdown of...

  • Results, not rhetoric

    I started last week’s article by saying that I am 72 years old. And I proved it to myself today, Wednesday, the day I am meant to submit my...

  • Looking for Jinnah

    What I said last week about new colonialism which captures Third World countries is now making itself pretty obvious in Pakistan. It is a new kind...

  • New colonialism

    I am 72 years old and next April I will be 73. So, I have been aware of what’s going on for some 50 years. Part of this awareness is gathering new...