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The growing schism in Pak-US relations
The words “two steps forward and four steps backward” accurately portray current dynamics in Pak-US relations. Since January 1, 2018 when US President Donald Trump in his tweet accused Pakistan of letting down his country in the war on terror till the issuance of joint statement on September 6 after talks between the US Secretary … → Read More
Can the PTI solve Karachi’s issues?
For the first time in 30 years, the voters of Karachi have opted for a national party instead of electing a Karachi-based party. Now that they are in power, how Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan handle Karachi’s problems — including crime, water scarcity and power shortages – will be seen as … → Read More
What we need is good governance
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s concept of a welfare state on the model of Medina – which existed in the formative phase of Islam – is centred around good governance. The erosion of governance that has taken place in Pakistan over the past four decades has led to administrative, financial, judicial and educational decline … → Read More
Can the PTI eradicate corruption?
Every year, Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) releases a Corruption Perceptions Index, which also covers Pakistan. In 1996, we were declared the second most corrupt country in the world. Though we are now ranked 32 out of 180 in the index, corruption still thrives in Pakistan. Following the July 2018 elections, is it possible … → Read More
Conflict over new provinces
Ever since the Prime Minister during his visit to Bahawalpur on April 14 talked about creating consensus among political parties for the formation of new provinces, one can observe unleashing of debate on conceiving a new provincial map of Pakistan. It is the second time in the last five years that the debate on creating … → Read More
Where are the real issues?
With foreign exchange reserves with State Bank dwindling to $ 12 billion and exports not touching beyond $ 21 billion, Pakistan’s predicament is deepening with each passing day. Human and social development, which should have been the priority of those who are at the helm of affairs, is at its lowest ebb. More than 25 … → Read More
Security pact for the Middle East?
In his speech delivered on the occasion of annual Munich Security Conference on February 16, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani came up with an innovative idea for a security pact for the Middle Eastern countries in order to establish peace and resolve contentious issues in the region. The Amir of … → Read More
Korean sports diplomacy
On February 9, winter Olympics began in the South Korean county of PyeongChang, located in Ghangwon province. The source of attraction and fascination in South Korean Olympics is the participation of a 22 member team of Olympians from North Korea. In the opening ceremony, North and South Korean team entered under a unified flag. History … → Read More
Vietnam and Afghanistan
In an interview given to the Washington Post the other day, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi warned that, “Afghanistan could become another Vietnam for the United States if it tried to resolve the Afghan dispute through military means.” It is not for the first time in the last 39 years that a parallel has … → Read More
The map controversy
The map of India which was depicted by the then High Commissioner of India to Singapore, Mr TCA Raghavan during his talk on ‘Indian Foreign Policy’ at the Rajaratram School of International Studies (RSIS) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore delivered in February 2011 included Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) as part of India and showed Afghanistan as a neighbour … → Read More
Policy approach on the Indo-Israeli nexus
During his recent visit to India, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview given to an Indian magazine Times Now said: “We (Israel) are not enemies of Pakistan and Pakistan should not be our enemy either.” Termed as a high profile six day visit along with a team of 130 member delegation composed … → Read More
Indo-US-Afghan nexus and Pakistan
Addressing a gathering at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi on October 25, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ruled out his country’s participation in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unless Kabul is given access to Wagah crossing on the Indo-Pak border for its trade with New Delhi. He threatened to block Pakistan’s access to Central Asia … → Read More
Catalonia: Europe’s stability at risk
The October 1 controversial referendum held in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia, which deepened conflict between Madrid and the Catalonian nationalist forces, may unleash the process of instability in Europe. After the bloody civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina during early and mid-1990s, crisis in Catalonia is the most dangerous flashpoint as far as peace and … → Read More
DailyTimes | Restoring peace in Indian Occupied Kashmir
It is the fourth generation of Kashmiris that is experiencing humiliation, plight and agony because of the partition of their land and severe mistreatment at the hands of the occupants. Veteran Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was allowed to deliver Friday sermon at a local mosque in Srinagar on August 18 following his release from weeks of detention. "I don't want to appeal to Indian… → Read More
DailyTimes | How real is the North Korean threat?
With the imposition of fresh sanctions by the UN Security Council against the North Korean nuclear missile tests, Pyongyang has escalated its threatening tone and posture. Reacting to Japan’s support to the UN Security Council resolutions, the Korea-Asia Pacific Peace Committee, which looks after North Korean relations with the world, threatened that, “The four islands of the Japanese… → Read More
DailyTimes | Mending fences with Kabul
In a meeting of National Security Committee (NSC) held in Islamabad on August 16 it was decided to mend fences with Kabul by unfreezing diplomatic, political and security ties with Afghanistan and to address issues which are a cause of fomenting irritants between the two neighbours. In a major development, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaking in a presidential palace in Kabul on September… → Read More
DailyTimes | CPEC’s daunting tasks
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is termed as a ‘game changer’ and a milestone in unleashing the process of development in Pakistan is still in its formative phase. Termed as a mega project of now 56 billion US dollars, CPEC primarily concentrates on energy and infrastructure development in Pakistan while linking the Gwadar port with the Chinese province of Xinxiang for trade… → Read More
DailyTimes | Indo-Pak and the moment of truth?
After seven decades of independence from the colonial tutelage, it is time for India and Pakistan to examine why the two are unable to mend fences and how they can live as ‘normal’ and peaceful neighbours? Hostility, antagonism, paranoia and mistrust which continue to influence and shape the mindset of leadership of India and Pakistan is not a new phenomenon but it is as old as their existence… → Read More
DailyTimes | Korean peninsula — dangerous nuclear flashpoint
“If he utters one threat, in the form of an overt threat, which by the way he has been uttering for years, and his family has been uttering for years, or if he does anything with respect to Guam, or any place else that's an American territory or an American ally, he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast." U.S President Donald Trump. Since July 28 when North Korea tested an… → Read More
DailyTimes | Why escape from the truth?
Speaking before the Asia Society Forum in New York on September 26, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Asif made it clear that the so-called Jihadi forces now accused of unleashing violence and terrorism in the country were nourished, pampered and patronized by the United States. And it was a mistake, if not blunder on the part of Pakistan to be part of the US sponsored Jihad in Afghanistan.… → Read More