NA-120 and gatekeepers
Never before has this country witnessed such an invidious election campaign against a politician who had been ousted by the higher judiciary from the office of the prime minister on the…
Over to you, Foreign Office
On August 21, the pronouncement of the South Asia policy encompassing Afghanistan by US President Donald Trump failed to create the kind of panic generated by the declaration issued from the platform…
Pak-US relations and the “ghairat” brigade
It was anticipated that a development on the Af-Pak strategy (announced by former US President Barack Obama in March 2009) would take place and it has taken place. On…
There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark
…and also, it would appear, in our (not so) Supreme Court. “Sometimes, it seems that the SC understands this limitation: … former Chief Justice of the SC Iftikhar Chaudhry bullied…
The judiciary-military nexus – II
These are dangerous waters The first part of the Panama case judgement opened with a quote from the Godfather: “Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” In other words, all…
The judiciary-military nexus
Despite passing the 18th Constitutional Amendment and feeling itself secure of any threat to the parliamentary democracy, Pakistan has just escaped another accident of its democratic history. Despite…
The judicial blunder II
The July 28 judgement of the Supreme Court (SC) disqualifying the sitting Prime Minister of Pakistan still offers a challenge of reconciliation to all rational minds. The judgement, which is a…
The judicial blunder
Oh, the tangled webs we weave The judgement, which was supposed to be historic and which is now a public document, is being ridiculed both locally and internationally as a judgement…
Civil-military relations: the JIT aspect
Are we out of the woods yet? In Pakistan, civil-military relations are a reflection of the power struggle impregnating the body politic of Pakistan. Harmony in these relations might have benefitted Pakistan,…
Trump’s prospective Af-Pak strategy
“Though President Donald Trump has not finalised any policy on Afghanistan, it can be surmised that, in its essential detail, Trump’s prospective policy would be an extension of Obama’s Af-Pak…
Pak-US relations – the Afghanistan aspect
Croaked the raven: “do more”. To fathom the policy contours of Pak-US relations, especially when the conditions of relations are flowing from the US to Pakistan, the Kerry Lugar Berman…
Modi’s visit to the US
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has met US President Donald Trump, the first meeting after the latter won the presidential election in 2016. Modi was on a two-day visit (26 and…
Modi’s visit to the US
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has met US President Donald Trump, the first meeting after the latter won the presidential election in 2016. Modi was on a two-day visit…
Modi’s visist to US
The ties grow tighter Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has met US President Donald Trump, the first meeting after the latter won the presidential election in 2016. Modi was on…
Pakistan’s foreign policy challenges in 2017
Revising our stance is a necessity Every year unfolds its own intricacies. The year 2017 seems to have ensnared Pakistan into six main foreign policy challenges. First, Pakistan is…
The Middle East crisis deepens
On June 5, a crisis at the diplomatic level suddenly surfaced in the Middle East (ME) when some countries severed their bilateral diplomatic, trade and travel relations with Qatar. The most…
Hasbe Haal, Khabarnak and Khabardar
For the past ten years, comedy shows on television have secured their own cachets. These shows predicate mostly on politics, politicians and political events, though recently social personalities and social…
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