Analysis

Glorification of an imaginary patriarchal notion of ghairat (honor) by a popular national leader in a country where thousands of...

As negotiations on the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) drag on, consensus is building on the need...

The twentieth anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq led to many pieces discussing the legacy of the war and the...

The recent clash between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and police outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad came as a...

There were two dramas simultaneously staged by two political players in the events surrounding the Zaman Park operation by Punjab...

Pakistan is struggling to avoid a default. The country is in a desperate need of an economic lifeline through bailout...

“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress...

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time...

A puff or two off the pretence of patriotism is not a bad thing; it only becomes a nuisance after...

The prosperity and wellbeing of a nation depends on its waste management system and hygiene ensuring practices. Regrettably, the authorities...

In recent months, I have had several conversations with my fellow diaspora Pakistanis in the US about the dumpster fire...

The Ukraine war has introduced Pakistan to a new security threat. This new threat dwarfs the military threats that have...

Pakistan is a home to the world’s second largest Muslim population – after Indonesia – with about 220 million people....

On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine with 200,000 Russian troops. The operation is...

The US regulators have taken over Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which primarily served tech startups. The bank had over $200bn...

International politics and foreign policy are always evolving. The recent development of Saudi Arabia and Iran re-engaging diplomatically, with China...

“All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act...

Much has been written in Pakistan about the mullah military alliance, but no attention has been given to document the...

Unprecedented load shedding caused a countrywide closure of factories and businesses, giving rise to massive unemployment and civil unrest, that...

The recent spate of terrorist attacks in Pakistan shows the extent to which various militia groups have expanded their operations...

Two things about Pakistani politics are becoming clearer with each passing day. The first is that elections, both provincial and...

Several moons ago on a chilly January night something quite usual happened. I drove my boss, who was contesting for...

The people of Pakistan today appear to be passengers on the doomed ocean liner the Titanic, plunging head-on into a...

The specter of imminent sovereign default has prompted an intra-elite dialogue with the supposed purpose of reimagining Pakistan. It is...

The problem with prosecuting extrajudicial killing cases like fake encounters by police or custodial deaths in police custody is that...

Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan are byproducts of military establishments and political engineering projects launched in different eras of Pakistan’s...