Shangla by-election: lessons learntIn NA-10 Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and NA-48 North Waziristan, women voters’ turn-out was less than 10 percent for the July 25 General Elections. Consequently, the results of these two constituencie...
The power of diplomatic overtures versus the impotency of political rigidityIn the wake of the cancellation of the scheduled meeting between the foreign minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, and her Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, which was going to be held on the si...
Reporters without bailGen (rtd) Musharraf is a free man. At liberty to react publicly and on record to the Indian Army chief’s recent controversial remarks. Despite being wanted by the Pakistani courts on charges of treaso...
Kavanaugh and the old boys’ clubJustice Brett Kavanaugh remains Donald Trump’s right man for the job of Supreme Court (SC) judge. Never mind that he now stands accused by two women of sexual misconduct: Dr Christine Blasey Ford and...
Dialogue and developmentPakistan has faced a tense time at the UN. For just as the annual General Assembly session was getting underway — a protest organised by the Baloch took place outside the world body headquarters. Of c...