Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side on August 28, 2023Whether you are an armchair pundit or part of the diaspora and these days, perhaps even the local public, at some point in time or another, you will have criticized the Pakistani army for constantly interfering or medaling in internal matters when it should perhaps keep an eye out externally, as that is what an […]
Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side on August 28, 2023Whatever the blind the western democracy loyalist says, the fact is Pakistan army is the one stabilizing factor in Pakistan. Pakistan would have fallen off the perceived cliff a long time ago, if this institution would have never rescued us several times. Ever thought of it that way? Whether you are an armchair pundit or […]
Time for Pakistan to Take the Saudi Route on August 10, 2023Pakistan needs a reset. One that Saudi Arabia went through. One doesn’t need to lose your religious identity to modernize. All MBS did was to bring Saudi Arabia back to basics when it came to religion. That process is still going on but what a start already. Pakistan needs to do the same. Do it […]
Time for Pakistan to take the Saudi route to deIslamized…. on August 9, 2023Pakistan needs a reset. One that Saudi Arabia went through. One doesn’t need to lose your religious identity to modernize. All MBS did was to bring Saudi Arabia back to basics when it came to religion. That process is still going on but what a start already. Pakistan needs to do the same. Do it […]
A new Islamabad for a future Pakistan on July 17, 2023Pakistan must ready itself for the future. The process should start with its capital city, Islamabad, which must reflect the right image, the right aura, and the right kind of vibes. Look no further than a three-hour flight to Dubai to see how a sleepy township, a fishing village, became a thriving modern metropolis. A […]
Mecca Summits: Triumph of vision and political insight on June 3, 2019From the Treaty of Hudaibiya to the recent Mecca Summit, it is the message that has triumphed for centuries. Call it the sanctity of the holy land or the primacy of vision, the peace has the power to prevail and so does the farsightedness of wise leadership. Our region has witnessed many political turmoils for […]
Leadership is all about integrity, faith in humanity on April 25, 2019“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. The legendary opening lines from George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm may be symbolic at one level but can easily be the story of many societies around us today. As a matter of principle, all governments and leaders worth their salt say the […]