The writer is a former foreign secretary. Chief Minister Narendra Modi has done it. In his typical, inelegant manner, he has raised the curtain on...
On this gloomy Independence Day, in the aftermath of yet another brutal tragedy in Quetta, the nation wondered in agony if there will ever be an end...
Occupied Kashmir is aflame again, with Kashmiri people facing the worst-ever brutalities by the Indian security forces. This time nobody can blame...
The writer is a former foreign secretary. Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Marco Polo diplomacy and Washington’s full-throttle...
In the 1980s, once driving on a busy New York street, I was struck by a popular bumper sticker that read: “One nuclear bomb can ruin your...
We are endlessly lost in what could pass for a puppetry drama where actors made of flesh and actors made of wood are together producing a constant...
“On 23rd March, 1940, a group of valiant and fiercely determined individuals gathered at Manto Park, Lahore, and resolved to give their fellow...
The writer is a former foreign secretary. Nations are not led by leaders any more. Countries, including those considered mothers and champions of...
The outgoing year ended on an unexpectedly positive note in the India-Pakistan context. After a long chill, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Terrorism continues to haunt the world. The problem is that in the aftermath of 9/11, the detractors of Islam found it easy to contrive stereotypes...
Despite Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s unrelenting overtures for peace between India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed neighbours remain...
The writer is a former foreign secretary. Former foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri deserves praise for rejuvenating the Kashmir issue. Nobody else...
The month of September every year comes and goes without changing anything in our turbulent world, but for the world’s leaders it brings the...
This year the nation observed Defence Day all over the country with unprecedented zeal and solemnity. It was indeed an occasion to acknowledge the...
The writer is a former foreign secretary. It was indeed with a sense of supreme satisfaction at the fulfilment of his mission that Quaid-e-Azam told...
T S Eliot was not joking when he said “the Nobel is a ticket to one’s own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.” President...
The negotiations over the Iranian nuclear deal in Vienna seem to be struggling through last minute hiccups, with both sides trying to manoeuvre...
Whether we like it or not, India’s Narendra Modi is in the driver’s seat at least in controlling the ‘temperature’ in Islamabad. He just has...
