Tag: Pakistan
Economic journey
When the Soviet Union collapsed it had enormous resources at its disposal with economic and nuclear power and military might. The countries that emerged...
The Economic Bluff
Though all agree that the economy is a disaster, opinion is divided about who is responsible. Imran Khan supporters propagate that it was the...
Pakistan condemns Indian attempts to politicize Chess Olympiad
Islamabad condemned India’s act to politicize the 44th Chess Olympiad by passing the torch relay of this event through Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and...
Punjab & the Mockery of Democracy
‘Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with Chaos’. Will Durant.How do you manufacture a suicide bomber? A question I have often...
Crippling disease
This year has been troublesome for Pakistan not just because of the political and economic instability but also due to the reemergence of the...
He came, He saw, He Conquered
I’m not an old experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have a learned that the hardest thing about any...
PTI’s landslide victory
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s landslide victory in the Punjab by-elections has validated what critics have been trying to warn since Imran Khan’s ouster in April—PTI has...
The Big Battle
The Punjab by-polls expected to take place on Sunday are going to be historic with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz pitched against each...
Unending misery
With predictions of another spell of rain while Karachi is already struggling to stay afloat from the previous rain is only bad news for the residents
The Charade of Democracy
Despite Imran Khan’s soaring popularity, the system appears all set to favour the PMLN in the Punjab by-elections on July 17