Imran Khan’s Naïve And Arrogant Past
Back in 2005, he was everyone’s famed cricket hero, the heartthrob of millions, and a philanthropist who built cancer hospitals....
Monday, May 23, 2022
Behold: The Forbidden City
Writing in the Atlantic, Lt Gen H.R. McMaster relates how President Xi Jinping gave President Donald Trump a history lesson...
Six Reasons Why The US Did Not Depose Imran Khan From Office
Just when it seemed that Imran Khan had stopped peddling a conspiracy theory which held the US accountable for his...
Inside The Mind Of Osama Bin Laden
Soon after midnight on May 2, 2011, when the US Navy Seals took out Osama bin Laden, they also discovered...
Why Did Saddam Choose To Fight The Gulf War In 2003?
On 9 April 2003, three weeks after the US forces had invaded Iraq, an armoured engineering vehicle of the US...
Is Imran Khan Still Taking Cue From Donald Trump?
The only new element in Imran Khan’s speech on April 16 was this advice: “Wave Pakistan’s flag, not the PTI...
The Skipper Returns To The Pavilion: Imran Khan Ponders His Next Move
He lost the match but refused to accept the umpire’s decision. He said he would accept the decision of the...
What Lessons Did The Russians Derive From Their Ten-Year War In Afghanistan?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is driven by three strategic beliefs. First, a sense of paranoia, that a neighboring country...
A Failing Imran Khan Seeks To Snatch Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat
Faced with an almost certain defeat in a vote of no confidence that was supposed to happen on the 1st...
Remembering The 25th Of March, A Tragic But Overlooked Date In Pakistan’s History
Everyone remembers the 23rd of March. It’s observed as Pakistan Day and capped with a military parade featuring the latest war-fighting...
Why Some Western Experts Are Excusing Instead Of Condemning Putin
As the world watches in horror, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has entered its fourth week. Civilians are being targeted. The...
Review | ‘The Nine Lives Of Pakistan’ Offers A Realistic Portrayal Of A Misunderstood Land
Despite its large population and strategic location, Pakistan remains a poorly understood nation, a distant land which served as Osama...
As He Struggles To Take Ukraine, Putin Loses The World
As he marched his armies into Ukraine, Putin wanted the world to believe that the troops were coming “from Russia...
Why Did Putin’s Plan Go Awry?
Somewhere along the way, Vladimir Putin, the 70-year-old president of Russia, who was posted by the KBG in East Germany...
Vladimir Putin Thinks His Moment In History Has Arrived
As a teenager, Putin was inspired by popular Soviet stories about the KGB’s bravado in which “one man’s efforts could...
Is It Wise For Developing Countries To Emulate China’s Model?
China has long been idolised by many countries in the developing world as a power that stands up for the...
What Did Imran Khan Accomplish In Beijing?
As the Prime Minister boarded PAK 002 bound for Beijing, what was on his mind? We can only speculate. Once...
Pakistan’s New National Security Policy Makes It Clearer Where The Power Resides
Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued the nation’s “first ever” national security policy. He writes,
State Of Terror: Hillary Clinton’s Gripping International Thriller
Terrorists armed with nuclear weapons are the bad actors in this novel. The dramatisation is so compelling that the novel...
Did Pakistan Learn Any Lesson From The Debacle Of 1971?
When General Pervez Musharraf seized power in 1999, the fourth army chief to do so, some people asked him to...
Fifty Years Since The 1971 War
It was the night of the full moon. Invoking a dictum of Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s – the defense of...
Three Years On, PM Imran Khan Has Yet To Deliver On His Promises
By the time he took the oath of office in August 2018, Imran Khan was a legend in the world...
Imran Khan’s UN Speech Was Designed To Curry Favour With ‘Patriots’ Back Home
In his speech, Prime Minister Imran Khan read from the same script he has used in recent interviews with CNN...
America’s Grand Illusion In Afghanistan: The Story Could Have Had A Happy Ending
The Pentagon Papers, which contained shocking disclosures about US mismanagement of the war in Vietnam, were published 50 years ago....
A Retrospective On Osama Bin Laden’s Attacks On 9/11
There is no doubt that Osama bin Laden was a mass murderer who put the world on fire on 9/11....
A Retrospective On The 1965 War With India
The official narrative is that India started the war. In April 1965, India had seized Pakistan’s territory in the Rann...
News and views which are not fit to print.
How The Demagogues Of Our Era Are Perfecting Their Sales Pitch
A wave of populism and majoritarianism seems to...
Uncertainty Looms As The Apex Court Rules On Defecting Lawmakers
The judgment on the Presidential Reference seeking the...