Geo-political changes benefitting Pakistan’s security on December 6, 2019Geopolitical changes during the last decades coming with such speed require our security personnel to remain abreast with the changed situation and acquire clarity about the possible consequences for Pakistan. The ongoing globalization has confirmed that there has never been any physical separation of Europe from Asia and the Ural Mountains and Caucasus have rather […]
Kartarpur is more than symbolic on November 22, 2019The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor providing access to Sikhs to visit the revered Sikh Guru’s final resting place is in reality of enormous ramifications, a landmark achievement for Pakistan. Proposed during former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s 1999 visit, the project remained on the back burner for two decades due to the fluctuating […]
Plan “A” goes for a six on November 16, 2019Having made the ouster of the PTI government their common aim the opposition parties of Pakistan have reached a dead end. None of their announced goals, that is the resignation of PM Imran Khan came to nothing and only part of their unannounced goals that included the freeing PML(N) leader Nawaz Sharif from jail and […]
Between the devil and the deep sea on November 8, 2019The ill-fated Azadi-March of MaulanaFazlur Rahman has reached a dead end: the ultimatum he had given expired and his demand – PM stepping down from his office – has not taken place and is not likely to take place. In addition, the ‘partners’ in this enterprise, the PPP and the PML(N) have backed out from […]
“Azadi” or “Berbadi” march? on November 1, 2019As this goes into print Maulana Fazlur Rahman and supporters had reached Islamabad. Luckily GOP showed maturity by not stopping them enroute, hopefully in reciprocity the assembled protestors, though fired up considerably demanding Imran Khan’s political demise, will continue keeping the peace (and hygiene) in Islamabad. The so-called “Azadi March” took off from Karachi’s Sohrab […]
World silence on Kashmir deafening on October 24, 2019Addressing a large number of people forming the ‘human chain’ from D-Chowk to Radio Pakistan Chowk in Islamabad on Friday Oct 11, 2019 to express solidarity with the plight of Kashmiris under Indian occupation, PM Imran Khan expressed deep disappointment over the blanket coverage of Hong Kong protests by the international media while keeping silence […]
What is behind Kashmir conflict? on October 19, 2019During a joint news briefing with US President Donald Trump in France recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged that there were “many bilateral issues between India and Pakistan”. Asked to comment on President Trump’s offer to help resolve the Kashmir dispute, Modi said that “we don’t want to trouble any third country as we […]
Pakistan’s taxation dilemma on October 13, 2019One of the central problems of Pakistan’s state and economy is the low level of tax collection. While nobody in the world likes to pay taxes in Western countries most people understand that taxes are needed to run the state and its institutions and therefore, efficient tax departments are present. States throughout history have used […]
A patented blackmail psyche on October 10, 2019The features of corruption and nepotism that the Quaid-e-Azam had warned against has been going on unabated for decades, over time these methods have acquired a kind of legality and rightfulness. Everybody today seems to accept the fact that sitting in a position of power makes one entitled to take payment for favours. The weak […]
Imran Khan at the UN on October 5, 2019Pakistan’s image in the international community is rather negative, over the years and even after decades this has not much improved. We have never paid much attention to our image-building, whatever done was done a clumsy way. Pakistan’s negative image was further disparaged by the very successful and never relaxing anti-Pakistan propaganda by India at […]