Sri Lanka in Political Turmoil: A Glimpse of Old Pakistan on November 3, 2018A week ago, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe was dismissed by President Maithripala Sirisena and the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed as the Prime Minister. This appeared ironic as President Sirisena was allied with Ranil Wickremsinghe, and President Sirisena was elected for his strong anti-Rajapaksa stance. Rajapaksa and Sirisena were once from the […]
Implications of Musharraf’s return on June 13, 2018Last week, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar announced that erstwhile dictator General (R) Pervez Musharraf will not be arrested if he returns to Pakistan. Furthermore CJP Nisar has guaranteed that if Musharraf wants to run in the upcoming General Elections, his nomination papers will be received by the returning officer. However, the […]
Operation Fairplay 2.0? on March 22, 2018In the history of contemporary Pakistan, Operation Fairplay, which took place on the darkest night of 4 July 1977 (co-incidentally America’s Independence Day), remains the most tragic event that has ever occurred. Its damage has never been repaired until the present day. Yet to my horror, many young and highly educated Pakistanis whom I have […]
Pakistan against all odds on October 23, 2017“The Story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the face of great odds and difficulties.” These words, echoed by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Chittagong on 23 March 1948 remain valid even today. The people of Pakistan must know that it has […]
Trumps follies in Afghanistan on September 5, 2017On 21 August 2017, United States (US) President Donald Trump announced his much awaited “Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia.” Trump’s speech from Fort Myer marks a paradigm shift from the high expectations of a dignified withdrawal that many observers of the region’s geopolitics have held since the election of the US President. In Trump’s […]
Pakistan and the widening Gulf: Implications for the Muslim Ummah on August 18, 2017THE Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a six member regional organisation consisting of the Gulf States; Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar. All six monarchies are advanced, high income oil rich States. They are also members of the Arab league and the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC).The two largest countries […]