Intrigue in KPThe wait is over. After keeping his own party on tenterhooks, Imran Khan has announced his nominee for the chief minister (CM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Mahmood Khan is, for many, a rather surprise...
‘Kabul Kitchen’The outgoing US top commander for Afghanistan this week offered a short summary of the situation in that country. Gen Joseph Votel talked in military terms about the simple need for fine-tuning. Parti...
Learning to love vulturesThe incoming set-up must ensure that recent restrictions on particular veterinary drugs, typically used in the breeding of livestock, are enforced. For there has long been a proven link between certai...
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 coun...
Indo-Pakistan ties under Imran KhanThe incoming Prime Minister (PM)has claimed that he knows India well, since he travelled widely in that country during his storied cricketing career. He certainly has no shortage of fans across the bo...