Mohammad Jamil

Last Thursday, the police in Abbottabad arrested 15 members of a jirga (tribal council), accused of having ordered the burning of a 16-year-old girl, allegedly for helping a couple to elope. She was made unconscious by injecting drugs, tied to the back seat of the van and set on fire on the orders of the […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump relies on his visceral instincts rather than cerebral clarity, with the result that he is stoking anger left, right and centre. He has angered the immigrants who have contributed to making the US what it is today. Last week, unruly protests greeted Trump in California, where protesters hurled rocks and […]

The opposition in Pakistan is poised to pressurise the government through public rallies to frame Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the judicial commission. The ruling party of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has also decided to start a public contact campaign, and has announced that the prime minister would address public meetings throughout Pakistan, starting […]

In view of the fact that no laws exist in regard to the conflict of interest in Pakistan, there is nothing to stop rulers from running their businesses or using their position to promote their personal interest. Names of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s sons and politicians belonging to other parties in Panama Papers leak owning […]

On April 8, 2016, speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the Constitution Day, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani called for devolution of powers in the truest sense to the federating units and people’s ownership of democratic culture to strengthen democracy in Pakistan. He said: “The constitution of Pakistan calls for the propagation of a democratic culture […]

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will represent Pakistan at the forthcoming nuclear security summit to be held in Washington from March 31 to April 1, 2016. Though the United States has not been consistent about its stance on Pakistani nuclear arms, yet the former has assured the international community that Pakistan is capable of protecting its […]

President Barrack Obama was under ‘scrutiny’ by political analysts, commentators and, more so, by Muslims throughout the world after the promises he made in Cairo in first week of June 2009. Neocons, warmongers and enemies of peace wished to use Obama’s soft visage to restore the US’s credibility. President Obama’s gestures about negotiations with Iran […]

The Taliban’s refusal to participate in the dialogue with the Afghan government till its conditions are met is a blow to international efforts to bring peace to the war-ravaged country. The conditions are withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, reversal of sanctions by the UN on Taliban leaders and release of prisoners. The Taliban spokesman […]

A country’s foreign policy or foreign relations’ policy consists of self-interest strategies adopted by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu. But due to the dependency syndrome, Pakistan has to buckle under pressure from so-called friends and allies to the detriment of its national interest. Indeed, […]

The most serious aspect of our dire economic situation is the growing debt that limits the fiscal space to invest in human development and infrastructure. The reason behind the piling up of Pakistan’s debt is that we spend more than we earn, and we import much more than we export. Public debt increased from Rs […]