Jalees Hazir
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Poisoned carrots and chaos
Brave as it was on part of Pak Army, wed be well-advised not to read too much into the recent episode of Pak-US counter-terrorism cooperation, featuring the → Read More
Islam in the 21st Century
A special report in The Nation brought the forgotten issue of Madrassah Reforms back in focus. As it turns out, like on other points of the National Action → Read More
Democracy in full bloom
It was apparent from day one which way our latest democracy project was headed but friends going merrily, and blindly, around the democracy bush refused to see → Read More
Strategic review
Basically, the Trump administration cant seem to decide whether to go for a troop surge in Afghanistan or to send in the mercenary private security → Read More
Imran Khan’s bold stance
Like other self-proclaimed custodians of our faith, Maulana Fazlur Rehman feels that he has a veto over anything to do with Islam. He has now stepped forth to → Read More
Saving Yemen
Pakistans newly-appointed Foreign Secretary has a tough job. Shes supposed to make the personalised hodge-podge of Nawaz Sharifs foreign dealings sound like → Read More
PSL: The new religion
It should not be difficult to have a constructive debate on issues surrounding the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and its final match in Lahore last week, but → Read More
Who’s afraid of General Raheel?
Now when we need clarity more than ever, a host of media commentators seem to be on an insidious mission to add to the chaos. As if belittling the achievements → Read More
The new trilateral love affair
I love the fact that China, Russia and Pakistan have started to develop a shared understanding on Afghanistan. This is the trilateral core of a natural → Read More
The worldwide smog of spin
The various explanations floated to explain the smog in Lahore are just a small reminder of how our understanding of the world is being clouded by distractions → Read More
Will Supreme Court save democracy?
Thank God for the Supreme Court that saved the day with its positive intervention. It was a relief to see the PTI leadership back-off from its unwise call to → Read More
Who does our government serve?
One thread runs through almost every matter of national significance these days, from the recent terrorist attack in Quetta to the increasing tension between → Read More
Whose line is it anyway?
Among other more important things, the Dawn story has brought painful questions about our metropolitan information elite and its high-powered sources to the → Read More
PTI, parliament and the empire
The way Imran Khan crushed dissent within PTI to boycott the joint session of the parliament is interesting to say the least. The hold of an elitist coterie → Read More
Democracy, development, mandate: Words
The Nawaz governments recent claim that it has finally said good bye to the IMF was too good to be true. Has the ruling party fulfilled its manifesto promise → Read More
Pakistan is not Turkey
Trust the politicians and media pundits to draw parallels between what is happening in Turkey and the situation here in Pakistan. Does it make sense to compare → Read More
Brexit and Beijing bear-hugs
So excited was our national media about the Brexit drama that it forgot to tell us anything about the momentous Putin-Xi huddle in Beijing happening around the → Read More
The empire, the SCO and us
At a seminar in Islamabad this Tuesday, the National Security Advisor brought some much-needed perspective to world affairs. And though it was reported as his → Read More
The dollar collar of slavery
Banner headlines and expert analyses had us swimming in a sea of numbers and percentage points last week. Statistical jugglery around the budget document was → Read More
Who’s scuttling Pak-Iran ties?
Our screaming shouting media found another reason to scream and shout about last week. The agreement between Iran and India to develop the Chabahar port and a → Read More