Handling the Kashmir crisis on March 8, 2019The Pulwama attack that killed a little more than forty Indian soldiers, mostly Sikhs, brought the near dormant Kashmir crisis into international focus because of Modis’ so-called “surgical strike” and Pakistan’s measured response. Pakistan’s denial of the Indian claims was supported by the western media relying on satellite imagery. For a change, this also swayed […]
From Davos to Karachi on March 2, 2019To highlight the connecting of the global with the local and therewith Pakistani’s problems and solutions in the light of global developments, the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) held an event in Karachi on Feb 24, 2019 with the former Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar as the Chief Guest. This dialogue was facilitated in […]
Fighting perjury in Pakistan on February 22, 2019One of the major companions and helpers of corruption – an illness eating away the substance of the Pakistani state, its institutions, and its people – is perjury. The meaning of perjury is to lie in court under oath. The giving of false evidence is already a criminal offense in Pakistan punishable by law. According […]
Hybrid warfare strategic coercion against Pakistan on February 15, 2019While a globalised world was a cherished goal as it was thought it would bring people together, globalisation is increasingly used by one or the other country or group of countries to dominate the rest of the world through violence. Looking around, we see wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen where the powers that […]
Fighting terrorism: extra-ordinary situations require extra-ordinary solutions on February 3, 2019The proof of Imran Khan regime’s political skill will be seen in overcoming egos and dissent in getting extension for the military courts in Pakistan with the current two-year term ending on January 7, 2019. Despite having less than cordial relations with the political opposition the government will have to create a common stand on […]
PAKISTAN BREAKFAST AT DAVOS on January 27, 2019This year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has been overshadowed by ongoing wars in Syria and Afghanistan as well as a bleak economic situation in many African countries bringing many thousands of refugees to the western world. The looming Brexit and the government shut-down in the US have sent alarm bells […]
Right person for the right job on January 19, 2019Apart from fighting corruption, improving governance is one of the major problems of Pakistan. Bad governance means that the state and its institutions are not fulfilling their tasks. This disturbs the service delivery for the citizens and makes their lives miserable, prevents the economy from taking off by delaying, mismanaging and hindering investment and wasting […]
Tackling the evil of corruption on January 11, 2019Imran Khan has made the fight against corruption a central point of his government’s political program. That is at it should be. Relatively a young state, Pakistan was created in 1947, with the intention voiced by Quaid-e Azam to save Indian Muslims from Hindu rule in a majority-based political system and thus secure them a […]
Do our laws provide justice? on January 5, 2019To provide justice is a central endeavour of any human society and the aim of any state. However not all human societies have the same idea about what is just. That means, the idea of justice is different in different cultures and it changes over time. The understanding of justice in a tribal or a […]
Gangsters’ haven on December 28, 2018A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to investigate this case submitted evidence, to the Supreme Court (SC) recently about the black money accumulated from kickbacks, commissions and bribes and the “transaction three” how money was laundered. Crying foul about being falsely implicated in this case Zardari and the PPP have not been able to refute […]