ColumnsPakistan – a weak state
Save the constitution Pakistan is still struggling to bring its institutions under control. The major consequence is the weakening of the state. A failed state is the one wherein the government authority<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/14/pakistan-a-weak-state/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 14, 2017
ColumnsAsking Pakistan to redouble its efforts
Not much elbow roomPakistan’s core thinking right now revolves around how to wriggle out of the war on terror. Each visit of an official of the United States (US) reminds Pakistan of the com
Dec 7, 2017
ColumnsPakistan and the Saudi-led military coalition
We need to sort our own problems first Pakistan may be a dangerous country to live in but an interesting country to study. On November 25, through a statement, the White House<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/30/pakistan-and-the-saudi-led-military-coalition/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Nov 30, 2017
ColumnsPersisting with the Islamic Military Alliance
Or not?Perhaps, the world is witnessing the Middle East version of the NATO in the 41-nation Islamic Military Alliance (IMA) formed in December 2015 against the menace of terrorism ravaging Is
Nov 22, 2017
ColumnsHigh handedness of the higher judiciary
More was expected of the Supreme CourtIf anything were declared the bane of Pakistan, it would be the yearning for populism by non-elected institutions including the Supreme Court (SC). What w
Nov 14, 2017
ColumnsPakistan’s Afghan problem
The US cannot push Pakistan to ‘do more’ beyond a certain extent if it wants to maintain cordial relations India and Afghanistan are the two major beneficiaries of the mounting trust deficit<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/08/pakistans-afghan-problem/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Nov 8, 2017
ColumnsAhmad Noorani and nationalist bigotry
Violence substituting constructive debateSome Pakistanis still revel in a state of oblivion that Pakistan was not founded on a democratic demand and process in 1947. These skeptics think that Paki
Nov 1, 2017
ColumnsBack to the July 28 judgement
The mere globalization is instrumental in thrusting the tyranny of awareness on the people of Pakistan. Understanding the law is no exception. The decisions of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan t
Oct 25, 2017
ColumnsWhat General Bajwa says
“The point is simple:Development projects are not meant for saving any economy.Instead, they are meant for running the economy.”One thing is now obvious: the balance of Pakis
Oct 18, 2017
ColumnsUnderstanding the language of silence
The ISPR is overlooking the fact that one of the basic principles of (the subject of) public administration is that the institutional behaviour remains domain specific. That is, change the domai
Oct 11, 2017
ColumnsBalochistan House in Switzerland
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Sep 27, 2017
ColumnsNA-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 lame
Sep 20, 2017