Can PM Khan deliver Jinnah’s Pakistan?For all his talk of a “Naya Pakistan”, our Prime Minister (PM) in waiting harked back to two old Pakistan ideas, which seem to resonate with Pakistanis on an emotional level. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-In...
Pakistan’s current geopolitical overviewLong ago, the late Prof RM Naib used to say “Diplomacy is like sword fencing. You must be able to move around, left right, forward and backward. The time you are cornered and are unable to manoeuvre,...
Need for productive politicsSir: I am writing this letter to highlight a major problem with our political system that I call ‘political footlicking’. It is highly unfortunate that in this country’s political system, it is only p...
Stop cutting down treesSir: Pakistan is currently facing a litany of problems. We are running out of water, we have already run out of power, and it seems we are moving towards a government shut down as well, unless the var...
Beef eaters are sinners?Sir: India is constitutionally supposed to be a secular state. Yet senior leaders of Prime Minister Modi’s Bharatya Janata Party, especially their militant wing, Rashtraya Swayem Sevak Sangh,have made...
Elections and Gilgit-BaltistanSir: On 25th July,people across Pakistan casted their votes to elect the representatives of their choosing; however, the nearly 9.2 million people belonging to Giligit-Baltistan had to be content with...
Chinese model for poverty alleviation?In his first post-election speech from his Banigala residence, Imran Khan once again eulogised the Chinese model for the elimination of poverty in Pakistan. But it’s not just him who is impressed by C...
Demystifying the Imran-IMF dilemmaThe tiger is indeed in a corner once again. When Imran Khan takes oath, he will not just be accepting full responsibility of running the state of Pakistan to the best of his potential, but will be inh...
Imran can lead, but can we follow?In 1997, the charismatic cricket star turned philanthropist, Imran Khan stepped into the complex realm of Pakistan’s politics by forming a political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — the Moveme...