M Alam Brohi

The pledge made in the Abraham Accords for the resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict pales into eyewash when contrasted with the more forceful and compelling references to the issue in the earlier Accords which remain unimplemented. Would Israel feel any compulsion to implement its pledge this time around after achieving its purpose of securing recognition […]

The founding father of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah extended his categorical support to the cause of the Palestine people even before the creation of the Jewish State recognizing their right to their land where they have been living for millennia. By his statement, the Quaid had determined the contours of the country’s foreign policy […]

We are only three weeks away from the general elections to be held on February 8. The elections were due to be held within the constitutionally mandated 90 days after the end of the tenure of the previous parliament. However, the PDM regime managed to have the approval of the Council of Common Interests for […]

It was on 27 December 2007, that we lost the national leader and iconic daughter of Sindh, Benazir Bhutto. This sad day brings back the historical events of her relentless battle to save the life of her illustrious father, to keep the PPP intact and to have democracy restored in the country in the face […]

The Government of Sindh has set in motion a process of unconstitutional allotment of Sindh’s agricultural lands to a federal institution for corporate farming. This has created a new controversy in the federation, which is already confronted with deepening political and economic crises. The logic behind such a divisive decision at a time when the […]

We have a penchant to toy with settled matters, tease sleeping monsters and resurrect old controversies. The question of provincial autonomy confronted the country since inception. It was the main cause for the alienation of former East Pakistan, and the persistent and constant protests of the smaller provinces in this part of Pakistan for over […]

With Pakistan stuck in a quagmire of deepening political and economic crises and, as some recent reports suggest, unable to discharge its responsibilities towards CPEC, two important events took place recently; giving an impetus to the process of change at global and regional levels. As part of the process, the major world economies under BRICS, […]

Technological development has transformed the world into a well-connected global village that has travelled much beyond the primitive management of interstate relations. We are, today, working in a world where, as described by Richard Haas, “very little stays local; just about anyone and anything, from tourists, terrorists, and refugees to email, diseases, dollars, and greenhouse […]

The forces of the status quo are fighting an intense battle to foil the popular challenge to their supremacy notwithstanding the chaos they have created by their wrong plans and priorities. The security conditions are getting worse; the political instability is deepening; the economy is in continuous nosedive; the human rights violations are rampant; the […]

These past few weeks have been very depressing. Leaving alone the worsening political and economic situation, the saddening news of violence against young girls from marginalized families hired for domestic help by the privileged class, and the recurring occurrences of religious intolerance and vigilantism have deeply pained the conscious citizens of the country. The recent […]