Zardari’s tall claimsSir: In a recent press conference, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari claimed that his party would form the government in Punjab, or at least would be the party with the majority of the seats. While I’m pret...
Learning from IndiaSir: Till recently North Korea was a pariah. USA could only talk to them through China. Then Trump arrived and in his gung-ho attitude, he decided to skip all the red tape and take on Kim Jong Un face...
$15.25bn transferred abroadSir: While most Pakistanis are facing a financial crunch, a few powerful and corrupt people in our government have continued to bleed the country dry. They are the people in power, and such can create...
Imran Khan’s electablesSir: Imran Khan began his political career with promises that he would change politics in Pakistan by bringing honest, hardworking people into Parliament. He had vowed that he would never collude with...
A song of hopeThe two videos which have gone viral on the internet — the one involving the Sardar of Choti and the other a miserly operative of the curse of feudalism — are encouraging signs of growing awareness at...
Reclaiming green IslamabadThe federal capital Islamabad used to be known as a green and clean city, but this began to change about two decades back. Though it is still considered cleaner than other cities of the country, the h...
Speaking of the Khans, so to speakI have often pondered over our Khan conundrum, but not until I read an opinion piece in these pages was I moved to actually write about it. The op-ed in question is titled, Khan’s illegitimate child i...
The ‘second coming’ of the TalibanA US drone strike is credited with having taken out the leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Even though a new leader has been appointed already, some are saying that the Pakistani Taliban a...
Increased connectivity for a peaceful worldRelations between various entities are the key a community's success and prosperity. Communication among different entities brings awareness about different problems and allows people to come up with...