M Alam Brohi

The controversy over provincial autonomy more than any national issue has been responsible for our utter failure in the most important task of nation building. The over-obsession of our leaders for concentration of powers in Islamabad than devolution to the provincial capitals was at the root of the imposition of the infamous One-Unit; the parity […]

On the 2 nd December 1988, the stage was set in the grand and sprawling presidency in Islamabad for the swearing-in of a young, intelligent and a beautiful lady as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the oppressive Martial Law of 11 years. The history of this nation was being rewritten. The designated Prime Minister […]

Should we take pride in Pakistan being one of the most important countries of the Muslim world possessing a strong army of over 600,000 soldiers, a formidable conventional firepower and a stock of nuclear arsenal, a huge population of over 200 million and a vibrant workforce or we lose our sleep over its unstable economy […]

The Muslim world is at a crossroad not knowing how to get out of the quagmire President Donald Trump had pushed it into at the behest of his blue eyed boy, Prime Minister Netanyahu.Quite unfortunately, some Arab monarchs who, in their narrowness of vision, undermined the only broader platform of the Organization of Islamic Conference […]

A few days ago, we lost Ambassador Waheed ul Hassan to this demonic pathogen. The angel of death was quicker enough to end his life within hours on reaching the hospital. He was gem of a person with a pleasant, kind, helpful and sincere disposition. The spontaneous outpour of grief by his colleagues and friends […]

Sindh being in the grip of the self-centered oligarchs and the shortsighted nationalists is engulfed by multiple threats which are progressively renting asunder its political, economic and social fabric and rendering its administrative apparatus dysfunctional. The most disquieting factor is that the informed sons and daughters of the province continue to ignore the impending dangers […]

“Strong souls have wills and feeble ones only wishes” is a Chinese proverb which befittingly applies to Sindh of today. Sindh has thousands of feeble sons and daughters who do not tire of making vows to sacrifice their lives for their land but what they chronically lack is a strong will to league en mass […]

After the 9/11, the terrorism, the terrorist organizations, their sources of finance, assets, supporters, sustainers, financial transactions particularly Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CFT)measures in countries caught in cross hair of global terrorism came under international microscopic scrutiny. Unfortunately, Pakistan was one of the countries where the militant organizations found fertile grounds […]

Mr. Donald Trump has been the most unpredictable, unreliable, controversial, and roguish, and much maligned leader of the USA in the recent decades. He was seen as renting asunder the world instead of uniting it behind the rule-based international order dominated by his country. His policies have had profound bearing on the evolution of international […]

The regional nationalism has been the most prominent feature of political evolution in Pakistan, though in some parts of the country particularly in Bengal, Sindh and KPK, the nationalism was quite assertive even before the inception of the country. A good part of Balochistan remained quasi-independent as a Khanate during the British Raj. The Bengali […]