Stalling on AfghanistanNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is positively brimming with confidence. The tide is turning in Afghanistan; so much so that a hitherto elusive peace is just within reach. That such conviction comes from a...
US midterms — ‘Year of Every Woman’The much-anticipated US midterms have seen the Republicans lose their majority hold over the House of Representatives; while maintaining control of the Senate. And while President Donald Trump’s detra...
Zardari’s swansong?Asif Ali Zardari has done it again. Sort of. He has dropped a political bombshell — or hot potato, depending on where one is standing. Everyone, according to the former President, comes to power in Pa...
Pakistan’s losing to divisive clericsIt was second time within the last one year that Tehreek-e-Labbaik Party (TLP) brought the government and the state of Pakistan to their knees through sheer street power, violence, sectarian vitriol....
Mental health and politicsIn the wake of Asia Bibi’s acquittal, we saw a nation-wide lockdown by religious extremists who publicly called for murder of supreme court judges, openly threatened state institutions, blocked major...