Emanuel Sarfraz
The Nation
Pakistan
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How to give peace a chance in the region?
Lahore - The news that India had agreed to a meeting of its External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was → Read More
Realignments of states in the region
It may sound strange but a lot has been happening in the last 10 days in Pakistan as well as in the region. There was a time when the USA played a major role → Read More
Rise of rightists and fears of minorities
LAHORE - The general elections 2018 were never a fight between the left and the right. It was all the way struggle for supremacy of the right bank vote and → Read More
PM ready to take on all mafias
LAHORE - Charity begins at home and the new Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his resolve to start it from himself. In his first speech to the nation → Read More
The story of our struggle
Pakistan today celebrates 71st Independence Day. It was not made overnight but after a long and continuous struggle that was originally started with the movement of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. That movement was to ensure that the Muslims did not lag behind Hindus in the field of education. The movement was successful and schools and colleges were opened across the sub-continent for Muslims. In 1906 it… → Read More
When pets make headlines!
LAHORE - The news story about prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan’s pets getting a Wikipedia page published in different newspapers started rumour mills full → Read More
Minorities unhappy over representation process
LAHORE - On the outskirts of the city this area gives the typical look of a ghetto. Dust can be seen rising from the streets, sewers spewing out smelly water → Read More
War of Senate supremacy
The politics of Pakistan have always been very unpredictable. They lean more towards realpolitik and heavy political investments that in real terms are money making → Read More
Work on Orange Line train steams ahead
LAHORE: As they say there is no gain without pain or in other words you cannot make an omelet without breaking the egg. Same is the case with the city’s most → Read More
Celebrating 100th Christmas
‘Woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” Geoffrey Douglas Langlands → Read More
…And it was all ‘Made in Pakistan’
KARACHI: Pakistani fashion has made great strides in the last one decade. Local brands are now touching international market and vying to carve a niche there → Read More
AJK premier for including Kashmiris in Pak delegation to UN
LAHORE: The people of occupied Kashmir have stood up against the tyranny of Indian armed forces. In the face of guns they chant the slogan of Pakistan → Read More
Postponing defeat
After months of deliberations, the US President Donald Trump finally announced his Afghan policy. The announcement was low on details and raised many questions → Read More
A challenge for the new premier
Though elected for only 45 days still, the day-to-day work of the prime minister is a tough job. Since the passage of the 18th amendment, the job of the prime → Read More
Pakistan: The combustible democracy
Those familiar with the chequered history of Pakistani politics are nervous about what lies ahead. → Read More
Pakistan’s political turmoil
Prime Minister Sharif has made it clear he wants to fight to the end. In such a fluid situation, army intervention can't be ruled out. → Read More
The end of AfPak
When it comes to Afghanistan the narrative has always come from the army or the Americans. We accepted the narrative that USSR was out to reach the warm waters → Read More
Pakistan should not join Islamic force in ME: Aseff
LAHORE: There is war among different religious groups in Middle East. There is no war for the cause of Islam. Who are we preparing this force? In Middle East → Read More
Easter’s agony
The gap between rich and the poor is widening. While all seems to be going in the right direction in reality the situation is alarming. Good Friday incident at → Read More
‘India nowhere in the changing game of region’
LAHORE - Indians are always very slow moving almost like an elephant. Things move very slowly. It means Delhi as a decision making place is so full of internal → Read More