Imran Khan’s ambitious housing program is fraught with uncertainties on October 17, 2018On Wednesday October 10, Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled the most ambitious housing project in Pakistan’s history. Named ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Program‘, the project aims to build five million homes for people belonging to the lower-income strata of the society or in Khan’s words, those who earn between Rs 10,000 and 25,000 a month. If […]
The downside of populism on September 28, 2017Selective use of populism is lethal for the overall unity, security and the joint progress of any society or humanity. Facts are registered in the history and history never forgives the leaders who prefer to compromise on their principles to get worldly benefits. Those who are courageous enough to take tough decisions by keeping the […]
A tale of two countries on July 30, 2017The White House was not happy with Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court yesterday on corruption charges. During the past four years, Sharif made efforts to strengthen ties with the neighboring countries, including India and Afghanistan. While his intention to help Afghanistan make a transition to normalcy as the U.S. withdraws troops […]
Is Iran a game-changer? on April 21, 2016Major oil producers from both the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries attended the meeting in Doha, capital of Qatar, on Sunday. The 12 members of the OPEC oil producing group, headed by Saudi Arabia, and Russia, Oman and Bahrain, all non-OPEC producers. Mexico, reportedly, participated as an ‘observer’, but the […]
The hallucinatory texts on April 8, 2016Going back to my childhood memories, maybe 20 years ago, I could vividly recall some texts from my Islamic Studies textbook that revolved around one major theme, and that was: Muslims are the best among others and they are born to rule. There were some other points too. That Muslim ummah is the only favourite […]