A Cabinet of ‘Change’?The newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan announced his 21-membered federal cabinet yesterday as a first step of implementing his decades-old slogan of purported ‘change’. The cabinet for now consis...
Our years of upheavalThe 71 years of our existence has witnessed many upheavals — the turbulent journey which started on August 14, 1947 continues with intensified pains and pangs after the 2018 elections were alleged to...
Load-shedding in KarachiSir: There was a time when the word load shedding was not common, and many in our country did not even know what it meant. Even today, people from some countries abroad need to be explained this incre...
First ladySir: The President of Pakistan, or that of any other country in the world, is regarded as the First Citizen of that particular country, and his wife in turn is known as the First Lady. But due to igno...
Democratic principlesSir: Robust accountability framework bolsters the democratic process by strengthening the pillars of democracy and raising the public confidence on democratic forms of government. Actually, the edific...
PTI victory celebrationSir: Voters and supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) started celebrations outside parliament house and in other parts of the country soon after Imran Khan was elected the 22nd Prime Minister o...
When Intelligence Chiefs MeetAn event that occurred some weeks ago and seems to have gone relatively unnoticed and uncommented upon was the meeting of the Russian, Iranian, Chinese intelligence chiefs with the Director General of...
On being judgmentalAccording to Doctor (PhD) Gregg Henriques, a professor of psychology at James Madison University, USA, “Someone is being judgmental when their judgments are power-driven, unempathetic, based on their...
Security versus protocolIn most developing insecure nations, security is often confused with protocol. While security is for the physical protection of an individual, protocol is for facilitation of people in authority. Secu...