Naveed Aman Khan

Have the Taliban formally laid the foundation stone of the Sharia model or Afghanistan is going to face a new phase of turmoil and crises? Will commitment and practical application of Sharia law in Afghanistan jolt and challenge Imran Khan for his forgotten electoral slogan of establishing Riasat-e-Madina? Despite repeatedly chanting the slogan of Nizam […]

After the two-decades-long occupation, the US and NATO have completed their exit from Afghanistan. Now, the withdrawal from Afghanistan should reflect on the broader and longer-term reverberations. The withdrawal, US-Taliban agreement, recent dynamics of militia building, the presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan and the Taliban regime will be a threat to Iran, Russia, China […]

After two decades, the Taliban are now in Kabul. 20 years back, the US ousted the Taliban from Kabul. The Taliban have removed Ashraf Ghani–the last of American puppets from the scene of Afghanistan. They have completed lightning advance across Afghanistan by taking control of Kabul all but guaranteeing a national takeover. With Ghani having […]

For establishment, the problem, in the current political scenario, is Nawaz Sharif, not the PML- N. Why does the Establishment want to cast off Nawaz Sharif? Before being brought to power. has Imran Khan not opposed, humiliated and abused establishment and Generals several times on public platforms? Despite of Imran Khan’s ill views about military […]

Adolf Hitler crushed the Jews and left behind few to tell the tale to rest of the world. Those who survived were brought to the land of Palestine by the British when they didn’t have any specific place in the entire world to live on. The Palestinians who happened to be in Palestine, now have […]

In yet another desperate move, the Imran Khan government used the Eid holidays to place Shehbaz Sharif, PMLN president and leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, on the country’s Exit Control List (ECL). The drama picks up from when the younger Sharif was offloaded from a Doha-bound plane at the behest of the […]

Earlier this month, the special assistant to the Chief Minister Punjab on Information and Culture created a ruckus when she visited a Ramzan bazar in Sialkot. Firdous Ashiq Awan was caught on camera publicly admonishing Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf over over the standard of produce being sold. The video went viral and many politicians […]

Recent by-elections in Karachi and Sialkot have exposed the administrative incompetence of the Imran Khan government. The ruling PTI has failed to hold a single constituency election without controversy, despite being in power for three years. First of all, we had the Daska NA-75 by-election in Sialkot. This was mired in such extensive claims of […]

Pakistan’s establishment has historically used Islamist groups to strengthen the country’s anti-India narrative. Yet with the current re-positioning towards our eastern neighbour, which seemingly happened overnight, one question remains: what will the state do with the deeply entrenched clerics? Prime Minister Imran Khan is under immense pressure. Firstly, his government has been strongly criticised over […]

Pakistan is being governed by a self-righteous yet amateur leadership; one that is generally perceived as being propped up by the establishment. Meanwhile, the motley opposition hardly seems capable of ending the dynastic politics that exists within its own ranks. The recent battle between the ruling PTI and the religious right’s TLP (Tehreek-e-Labbaik) has highlighted […]