Still at the Crease
Faced with grave economic and political challenges, a hostile opposition and somewhat soured relations with the establishment, will a frazzled PM remain in the saddle till the next elections in 2023?
Author: Amir Zia
The writer is a senior journalist and managing editor of Monthly Narratives.
Fact, Fiction and Fantasy
Local English language readers are introduced, indeed treated to, a new genre of literature by the unlikeliest of authors — a recently retired officer of the Pakistan army
A Crisis of Identity
By negotiating with hardline religious-extremist groups, many involved in terrorism and anti-state activities, Pakistan is treading a minefield
Not Yet Off the Hook
The Sharif family has allegedly transformed money-laundering into an art, and their being in power for decades has enabled them to manipulate the system [Not Yet Off the Hook]
Betting on the Taliban
The US has lost both face and credibility in the international community as well as among the impoverished Afghans, by its hasty departure from Afghanistan, without any negotiated settlement with the Taliban. But can the…
Freedom Sans Responsibility
Given its tendency to cross the red lines and spread disinformation, is the media being fair in accusing the government of stifling freedom of expression?
Journalism or Propaganda?
How objective, fair and factual is the Western media that sells only negative and biased stories about Pakistan, in particular, and the Muslim World, in general?
Surviving in a New World
“Successive governments have only paid lip service to the cause of higher education”
Business Bonanza
The PTI government may not have made a giant leap forward in sorting out the economy, but it has taken several unarguable steps in that direction
The Personal and the Political
A former high commissioner exposes the manner in which the country’s leaders conducted foreign relations with India, side-stepping all diplomatic protocols to serve their own selfish interests