A Cabinet of ‘Change’?By: Marvi Sirmed on August 19, 2018The 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 consists of 16 ministers and 5 advisors as per the list issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. Under the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the cabinet members cannot exceed 11 percent of the total strength … [Read more...] about A Cabinet of ‘Change’?
Our years of upheavalBy: Dr Ikramul Haq on August 19, 2018The 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 be rigged by all major opposition parties. The early 10 years of our existence marred with ‘crisis to crisis’ paved way for the first martial law imposed on October 7, 1958 and followed by three, in … [Read more...] about Our years of upheaval
When Intelligence Chiefs MeetBy: Shaukat Qadir on August 19, 2018An 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 the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They met a couple of days before the event was made public on July 10, 2018. The announcement came, not from ISI, but by the spokesperson of the Russian … [Read more...] about When Intelligence Chiefs Meet
On being judgmentalBy: Huzaima Bukhari on August 19, 2018According 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 own idiosyncratic values or tastes, overly based on other people’s character, and are closed, shallow, and pessimistic, and ultimately have the consequence of making the other person feel … [Read more...] about On being judgmental
Security versus protocolBy: Dr Farid A Malik on August 19, 2018In 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. Security cover is provided by visible and invisible devices while protocol carries pomp and show. After the Caretaker Prime Minister, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk took his oath he decided to visit the grave of … [Read more...] about Security versus protocol
Exploring Islam in AmericaBy: Akbar Ahmed on August 18, 2018Last October, Mrs Cornelia Bailey, a leading member of a tiny community of African Americans living on Sapelo Island off the Georgia coast, passed away.This remarkable woman was aspokeswoman, storyteller, historian and preserver of her people’s unique culture known as Gullah-Geechee. The community’s roots go back to the time of slavery, when the area was owned by Thomas Spalding, a planter and … [Read more...] about Exploring Islam in America
Improving Pakistan’s global imageBy: Shahid Hussain Raja on August 18, 2018Saying that Pakistan has a bad image is an understatement. Read any news item published in any foreign newspaper. All you will find are reports about Pakistanis involved in honour killings, child labour, domestic violence, financial scandals or drug trafficking. Furthermore, our expatriates have also not been able to build a positive image of the country. Pakistan’s creation on a religious … [Read more...] about Improving Pakistan’s global image
What is your Balochistan agenda Mr PM?By: Rafiullah Kakar on August 18, 2018Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly (NA) amid allegations of massive pre-poll political engineering and post-poll rigging. While the controversy around elections is likely to drag on for a while, Imran Khan is all set to become the next Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan. As PTI prepares to assume power for the first time at the federal … [Read more...] about What is your Balochistan agenda Mr PM?
My intimate journey with PTIBy: Hassaan Niazi on August 18, 2018My journey with PTI chairman Imran Khan perhaps started when I witnessed his win in Mianwali in 2002. The results were coming in from all across the Constituency, I was 14 years old then. He won by a margin of around 5000 votes. Although it was one seat, it still felt like we had won a majority in the National Assembly (NA). Next day when I woke up, I realised this win was just a drop in the … [Read more...] about My intimate journey with PTI
The death of Pak-US military tiesBy: S M Hali on August 18, 2018Last week, US President Donald Trump, in a bid to squeeze the Pakistani military further slashed military aid meant for Islamabad. US Congress approved the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to $150 million, significantly below the historic $1 billion to $750 million per year. In January 2018, the US suspended more than$1.15 … [Read more...] about The death of Pak-US military ties
