When the driver sleeps
Only keeping them awake will avert accidents A few weeks back, the driver of a minivan fell asleep at the wheel while travelling on the Motorway (M-2). He crashed into a truck,…
Strengthening parliament
While I fully support strengthening of Parliament, I am seriously concerned about the capacity of its members. For any nation to advance, civilian supremacy is essential, yet the Islamic Republic of Pakistan…
Moving from London to Madina
‘Chalo Chalo Madina Chalo’ Till 1858 Governor Generals (GG) of India were appointed by the board of East India Company, it was called Company Raj. It was then converted to British Raj…
Diesel-free Pakistan
The Maulana who was always in power Diesel is a dirty fuel worldwide, and is being replaced by cleaner options. About two years back I visited Dublin, Ireland for a European Union…
Emergence of Hindustan and Yahudistan
With Modi’s second term in Office he is now looking at creating a fascist Hindu Empire while Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling for power in Israel. HE TOO DESIRES TO CREATE A FASCIST…
Modi-ism is 21st century Nazism
Pakistan will be no pushover After the First World War (1914-1918) the Nazi Party was formed in Germany in the year 1920. Adolf Hitler, who later became the leader of this political…
Ban the RSS
Before it is too late In countries with constitutional democracy quasi-military organizations like RSS should not exist. In the West most white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) are banned.…
Kashmir: India’s last card
Time now for a workable peaceful solution The Prime Minister (PM) is right in saying that by invoking Article 370 of which 35A is a part of the constitution India has played…
Political tangles
The entire system is being threatened, just as tangled dor is no good Nations must learn from history but unfortunately we do not. Siasi Gunghal (Political Tangles) are once again on the…
Powering Pakistan
Thar coal can be the new Sui Gas Pakistan is finally on the world Coal Map. On July 08, 2019 power generated from Thar Coal entered the national grid; electricity is now being…
Why PTI and establishment are on the same page
The establishment doesn’t want to repeat past blunders There is a famous Urdu verse Sab kuchh luta ke, hosh mein aye (What a pity, sanity prevailed after everything was lost). After creating…
Nuisance minefields of PML-N
The government may have to induct outsiders In 1981, Mian Nawaz Sharif was inducted as Finance Minister in the Punjab Government. According to the then Governor, Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan, he…
Bhutto’s blunder
Our history shows bad appointments cause trouble Zulfikar Ali Bhutto himself confessed that selection of the worst possible candidate for the coveted position of Chief of Army Staff was his biggest blunder.…
Reaching for the black gold at Thar
The story of the coal gasification power plant On August 14, 2018, I stood at the base of Pakistan’s first open-pit coal mine to touch the black gold hidden under the sand…
PTI: The enemy within
Lessons of history Kaptaan has spoken his mind. As a movement Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is unstoppable, only if it can deal with the enemy within. History may be repeating itself. In the…
Mujhe kyun ugaya?
Safeguarding the garden Why was I grown and nourished? Mian Muhammed Nawaz Sharif, the three-time prime minister, should be asking this question. Pakistan Today on November 8, 2017 printed a cartoon with this query.…