Iftekhar A Khan

The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan seems quicker than anticipated. This has left the Ashraf Ghani government in a real quandary over what to expect and how the situation will unfold once all foreign troops have left. Predictably, violence will erupt throughout the country; a tug of war ensuing among various tribal factions. Some […]

Certain organisations, it seems, can’t keep out of the news. Taxpayers find it particularly galling to learn that PIA and its twin – Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) – accumulate losses worth billions, year after year. Yet neither of these public sector giants has faced the chopping block. Rather, both are surviving against the odds, denting […]

The multi-trillion rupee residential and commercial city project, inaugurated last year by the Punjab government and which is to be constructed along the Ravi River, has been termed critical for the “survival of Lahore”. A whopping 100,000 acres of fertile agricultural land has been allocated to this “most modern city” that promises to be fashioned […]

After nearly a decade-long hiatus, Russia and Pakistan extended gestures to improve relations in the mutual interest of both countries. Presently, the most important shared objective is to bring lasting peace to war-torn Afghanistan. Pakistan bore the burnt of supporting US adventures in that country, which resulted in the alienating of its own people. During […]