Well done, Prime Minister on September 23, 2017The words of Abraham Lincoln should serve as a reminder for India, “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it”. Kashmir problem came into being with the partition of British India and remains unsolved even after seven decades. Kashmir remains […]
Premier’s speech, Pakistan’s Kashmir-support and Hindutva on August 8, 2016The state of Kashmir, located between northwestern India and northeastern Pakistan, is a Muslim majority area of the Indian subcontinent. Prior to 1947, the region comprising Pakistan, India, and Kashmir was known as British India, and was a colony of the British Empire consisting of hundreds of small states, each of which was controlled by […]
Key to Indo-Pak relations on December 16, 2015Pakistan’s government has shown a tremendous amount of consistency and patience when it comes to improving relations with India. The recently held talks between India and Pakistan were the result of strenuous efforts by the Nawaz Sharif regime to promote peace in the regional neighbourhood. However, there is a fundamental difference in the approach of […]
The UN summit and Pak-India relations on October 20, 2015The Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, in his UN address, once again extended a gesture of friendship to India by proposing a four-pronged strategy to resolve regional issues and settle outstanding disputes, including Kashmir. India’s negative media propaganda and disinclination to reciprocate are indications that peace promotion is not one of the top […]
Charity caution on July 31, 2015Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has met many onerous challenges since he came into power; he inherited a financial crisis and monetary inflation, electricity shortage and generation issues, terrorist activities in the country and Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the opposition’s continuous, challenging position, not to mention the dharna (sit-in) episode, and now the Karachi operation, which is […]
Charity concern on July 31, 2015Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has met many onerous challenges since he came into power; he inherited a financial crisis and monetary inflation, electricity shortage and generation issues, terrorist activities in the country and Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the opposition’s continuous, challenging position, not to mention the dharna (sit-in) episode, and now the Karachi operation, which is […]
The Yemen ordeal on April 23, 2015Burgeoning crises have made governance more challenging than ever for Nawaz Sharif. Homegrown terrorism, disturbance on the eastern border, Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the Karachi operation and strong opposition from the PTI have all been testing the nerves of the veteran politician and third time Prime Minister (PM) for the past few months. The crisis in the […]
Reforming the Civil Services of Pakistan on February 22, 2015Public service delivery in Pakistan has never met the required standards of excellence. There are several management course-book explanations for these failures, which include typical malfunctions such as lack of proper goal setting, poor performance measuring tools, procedural complications, lack of connection between remuneration job accomplishments and do-not-want-to-retire syndrome, where officers manipulate to extend their […]
Petro-crocs on January 28, 2015Managing a country like Pakistan requires nerves of steel and a tremendous amount of patience because the leadership has to deal with inefficient, mostly corrupt or corruptible individuals and organisations that lack the vision to see beyond their personal gains and interests. The third tenure of Nawaz Sharif is like the third level of a […]
Gamblers advice for Imran Khan on January 19, 2015Imran Khan, right from the beginning of the dharna (sit-in) movement, has been thriving on his surprising and constantly changing strategies. He has transmitted serious jolts to his political opponents and has been successful in gaining a reasonably high level of popularity. Imran always appeared to be, and I am sure he is, a very […]