M Saeed Khalid

M Saeed Khalid

  • Coming down from the mountain

    An aerial view of Parachinar city in Kurram district. — Facebook/ Parachinar View/File  The Kurram Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is in the news...

  • Coming down from the mountain

    Coming down from the mountain

    An aerial view of Parachinar city in Kurram district. — Facebook/ Parachinar View/File  The Kurram Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is in the news...

  • Bihar and beyond

    Bharatiya Janata Party activists hold party flags during a rally in Kolkata, India, on July 19, 2023. — AFPThe Hindutva brigade ruling India...

  • Bihar and beyond

    Bihar and beyond

    Bharatiya Janata Party activists hold party flags during a rally in Kolkata, India, on July 19, 2023. — AFPThe Hindutva brigade ruling India...

  • War is serious business

    War is serious business

    World was perplexed at India's silence on its war losses, notably in epic air battle across border

  • Modi’s new avatar?

    Modi’s new avatar?

    Rapid economic progress was made possible under Modi's leadership if not ‘Modi's guarantee’

  • Civilization under threat?

    Civilization under threat?

    The image is cover page of Masood Kizilbash’s book ‘Human Conflict with Nature’. — The News FileMasood Kizilbash’s book ‘Human Conflict...

  • The legacy of Sartaj Aziz

    The legacy of Sartaj Aziz

    A man of great intellect and integrity a visionary economist a high-caliber statesman these are some of expressions used to describe Sartaj Aziz

  • Uncertainty is the enemy

    There are times when it can be helpful to look back at things of the past. For example, if we were to go back to the summer of 1958, we would...

  • Countdown to elections

    The murky political and economic scenario of the last fifteen months is beginning to clear up with two major developments. First came the $3 billion...

  • How Erdogan is standing tall

    The Western media which leads the world in dissemination of news has gone quiet after their projections of President Erdogan's defeat in the Turkish...

  • A murky scenario

    Pakistan’s political and economic flux shows no sign of improvement as seen in some recent developments. Imran Khan continues to oppose the ruling...

  • A state of flux

    Consumers are in a state of shock over the latest jump in petrol prices. However, there are some who will be satisfied with the raise. First, the...

  • Whither Pakistan?

    The din of our fledgling democracy has crossed the limits allowed by reason and decency, but there is no sign of de-escalation in the persistent...

  • Choices in a power struggle

    Former PM Imran Khan will be in Rawalpindi on November 26, where he hopes to reignite the protest movement till fresh elections are announced. The...

  • The longest year

    The longest year

    There was great temptation to write about August 29 as ‘the longest day’ on account of the IMF’s anxiously awaited decision on its Extended...

  • The battle for Punjab

    Three months after the dramatic change of government in Islamabad, Pakistan’s political and economic turmoil is far from over. What was carried...

  • Democratic disorder

    On day four of leaving the PM’s Office, Imran Khan was working a massive rally of his supporters in Peshawar, riling them up against America and...

  • Diplomatic footprints

    Barack Obama's eight years in the White House were marked by more downs than ups in Pak-US relations. The year 2011, in particular, saw the lowest...