Ikram Sehgal

The interim time between the US Presidential elections on Nov. 3 rd and the inauguration of the new US President on Jan 20, 2021 is a period of uncertainty even during normal times. His lawsuits being thrown out even by judges he has appointed, the number of States that Trump thinks he lost because of […]

Despite the ongoing global economic crisis being aggravated by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, this year has brought outstanding results for the KHORGOS “dry port” on the border between Kazakhstan and China, which links China with Central Asia, Russia and Europe. On October 6, 2020 when after less than five years of its opening, […]

When it broke earlier this year the ongoing pandemic was thought to stall the ongoing changes in global relations. Some people were hoping that the China’s march towards a leading role in international economy and politics as well as the newly evolving alliance between Russia and China would not be sustainable. But reality was different, […]

On his way home from work on a Friday afternoon in a quiet suburban town north-west of Paris an attacker, later identified as an 18-year-old of Chechen origin, who came to France as a refugee, cornered Samuel Paty, a middle-school history and civics teacher on the street, and stabbed him repeatedly. Witnesses say the killer […]

Ten days before the Elections in 2016 Hilary Clinton was leading most election forecasts, for all practical purposesTrump had already lost. Howevera forecast is a forecast only and nothing more; an election is only decided on Election Day, everyonecan make up or change his/her mind right in front of the ballot box.One of my best […]

The Sharif family is attempting desperately to escape being held accountable for the unaccounted-for money they have stolen and whitewashed, and the properties they have acquired abroad especially in UK. To forestall the investigation against their money laundering, they are utilizing Nawaz League loyalists, allowing themselves to be used, they are as much culpable as […]

The obnoxious incident of disrespect for the Quaid-e Azam’s Mazar by Maryam’s husband Capt. Safdar, while she looked on smiling without any expression, has aroused both spontaneous protest and widespread indignation among all Pakistanis everywhere, i.e. except from die-hard Nawaz loyalists, who are the only ones refusing to condemn it. Violating the sanctity of the […]

Present public perception benignly ignores the fact that Pakistan’s economy was put in dire straits by the PML(N) govt. The PTI narrative was late in propagating this, PML (N) and PPP have taken full advantage of it. The acute fiscal and monitory problems were belatedly being addressed by this government when the current pandemic shatteredeconomics […]

One of the major problems in Pakistan is the amount of revenues collected do not match either the adult population count that can pay taxes and/or the needs of both those who can and those who cannot.State institutions are still weak, uncoordinated and more than often standing in each other’s way,with the administrative staff not […]

The total military expenditure in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 is $822bn,this includes the US Department of Defense, State Department, USAID and other government agencies. The real costs might be much higher. The considerable human cost includes2,300 US soldiers killed and 20,660 wounded, not counting those traumatised who cannot find their place in […]