Trump’s Tantrums and Pakistan’s ordeal on January 8, 2020We thought that Donald Trump has had his share of trigger-happy moments after the assassination of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s commander Qassem Suleimani in an aerial raid on his convoy in Baghdad.A lullwas expected after the USA crossed a red line.Contrary to the expected, this time Trump’s tantrum continues unabated, and it seems that this line […]
The rise of the far right on July 4, 2019In 1989, Francis Fuguyama inedited a prolegomena with the title “The End of History?”, which in 1992 was further elucidated in one of the best-selling books named “The End of History and the Last Man”. Like many around at that time Fuguyama also thought that humanity has finally reached the pinnacle of social development. Owing […]
An institutional tug of war on June 3, 2019“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” said George Santayana in his masterpiece The Life of Reason. Unfortunately, neither those who are at the helm of affairs in Pakistan nor the national institutions have been able to learn from past follies. The result is that we are stuck in a vicious […]
From sportsman to statesman on March 5, 2019There is an old adage that it requires immense pressure for coal to turn into a diamond. Similarly, the nerve wracking moments are a litmus test for man’s abilities, if he maintained his composure under pressure then he comes out victorious against all the odds and even his critics surrender and start to sing encomiums […]
Neo cold war! on February 6, 2019With the disintegration Soviet Union, the world entered into a unipolar realm. It was hoped that the lull would prevail for a long time, but alas! The ever shifting balance of power among the nations is no different than the tectonic plates in the Earth’s Lithosphere, which can jolt the ground any time and wreak […]
Salman Taseer 1-0 bigots on November 2, 2018What the slain governor said about Aasia Bibi’s case seven years back has been proven in the Apex court of Pakistan. His clairvoyance and the vision of justice for marginalised minorities of Pakistan has won today, and finally the justice has been served in this lawless land of the pure. He must be smiling from […]
Science and religion on October 29, 2018All men traverse through different stages of their lives and those who embark on the journey in quest of knowledge often find themselves in a perplexing situation. When one delves deep into different subjects, more queries take birth in one’s mind. Resultantly, all the notions that were instilled in his mind start to get weak, […]
Moving forward into the past on October 18, 2018So after running from pillar to post and claiming that rather than opting for loans he will commit suicide, Imran Khan has finally succumbed to reality. The man believed to be adept at collecting alms has failed this time. Neither did Saudi Arabia lend the handicapped economy of Pakistan a walking stick nor did selling […]
Conspiracy theories on October 5, 2018The fresh wound of ignominy inflicted by a senior bureaucrat (BPS-20), after he stole the wallet of the head of the Kuwaiti delegation, which had come to Pakistan to discuss a myriad of investment plans, has left the nation in a state of consternation. Questions are being raised as to why a senior official stoop […]
The peace conundrum on September 27, 2018The recent letter sent by Prime Minister Imran Khan, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extended an olive branch to India and instilled the hope of cordial relations between the two eternal enemies. The first step was proposing a meeting between their respective foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session. […]