US-China Standoff By: Asad Tahir Jappa on December 5, 2021The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The latest move from Washington is to launch a crack-down on China’s hi-tech defense sector. The US Commerce Department also included 16 entities and individuals from China and […]
Stalled Accountability Invigorating PML(N) By: Hafeez Khan on December 5, 2021In the sixties, during my youthful days, while vacationing in Lyallpur, a rustic environment, there were few enjoyable distractions. “Madaris” used to be one of them. It was a mix of entertainment, jugglery, and some magic tricks thrown in for good measure. Madari and his entourage of a monkey, other pets, and assistants carrying his […]
Modi’s Failed Diplomacy By: Ali Anwar on December 5, 2021After destroying the social fabric of India through his extremist policies, Narendra Modi is also failing his country on all diplomatic fronts. Surprisingly, Modi enjoyed good relations with his neighbours during the start of his first tenure, but his second tenure is marred with controversies, both on the national and international front. There was a […]
Lawyers Run Amok By: Iftekhar A Khan on December 5, 2021Only a few days ago, the prime minister regretted how the country lacked a rule of law, which is the biggest problem facing it. It seems the lawyers in Mandi Bahauddin agreed with the PM’s observation and proceeded to prove him right by thrashing a judge in his own court. The president of the local […]
Fearful of Fear By: Huzaima Bukhari on December 4, 2021“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light” Plato The physical version of fear is actually an emotion that emerges from an anticipated infliction of pain, harm, or anxiety and can be caused by someone or something. Even […]
Electoral Reforms By: Abdul Hadi Mayar on December 4, 2021Everything in this pious country has become so impious that one cannot expect anything to be what it ought to be according to its strictest definition – neither democracy nor parliament or legislation. Last month, the government called a joint sitting of the parliament to pass several bills. One of them was regarding electoral reforms. […]
Scapegoating Pakistan for the Afghan Turmoil By: Dr Tehmina Aslam Ranjha on December 4, 2021On February 29, 2020, at Doha, the US played sharp and safe by negotiating with the Taliban to form a national government of reconciliation in Kabul after the withdrawal of foreign forces. With the end of the effort of the regime change in Afghanistan, the US withdrew all forces on August 30, 2021, by virtually […]
A Constitutional Muslim By: Zafar Aziz Chaudhry on December 4, 2021Every time I pass through the Cornelius Underpass on Lahore’s Canal bank Road, I am reminded of one of the greatest sons of this city, who migrated from India at the time of the Partition and opted to make Lahore his homeland to spend the rest of his life in this city. Alvin Robert Cornelius […]
Ghazi – the Prowler of the Deep on December 3, 2021By Sohail Ahmad Azmie Pakistan Navy submarine Ghazi in late sixties and early seventies was the symbol of an irretrievable depth of fear for the Indian Navy. The submarine remained a nightmare for the Indian fleet for years. In the early phase of 1971 war, Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant was forced to find shelter nearly […]
Zoroastrianism — Parsi By: Ikram Sehgal and Dr Bettina Robotika on December 3, 2021Parsis (meaning ‘Persian’) are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent, whose religion is Zoroastrianism. They live chiefly in Mumbai and a few towns and villages mostly to the south of Mumbai, but there are also a few families nearby in Karachi (Pakistan) and Chennai. There is a sizeable Parsi population in Pune as well […]