Tariq Mushtaq

Tariq Mushtaq

The author is a technocrat and an international affairs analyst

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Modi just cannot help it!Columns

Modi just cannot help it!

‘When people are the least sure, they are often the most dogmaticWatching Modi is like watching a frenzy of ants. His looks are more like a butcher than a politician, perhaps it’s a part of

Mar 8, 2019
Partners in crimeColumns

Partners in crime

It pays, or does it? In recent public gatherings, Zardari’s desperation and language about money laundering and corruption cases against him basically confirmed his involvement. As for Zardari’s absurd irrational remark that<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/11/partners-in-crime/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jan 11, 2019
Columns

Tricks and treachery

What does NS hope to achieve with his pageantry? You have filed a “Review” petition with the Supreme Court. Wait for the response. Till then, ask your intelligent aides to stop insulting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/19/tricks-and-treachery/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 19, 2017
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What’s next?

It’s a game of snakes and ladders Imran Khan’s path to victory in the next general election, set for mid-2018, is far from assured. August 1977; Z.A. Bhutto started from Raw

Aug 12, 2017
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The frustrated ex-Prime Minister

“…his intriguing and “royal nature” always forced him to become the king, like his former host the king of Saudi-Arabia. Had he tried to become the Queen of England, circumstances may have fav

Aug 5, 2017
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Chessboard of Pakistani politics

Your move, Mr Prime Minister. Your move.“This was opposition research” the whole lot of the PML-N has begun to shout. Out of some fear, which people may feel is good, they are now reluctant to

Jul 22, 2017
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Treacherous and hazardous are these waters part 2

Why India should realise it has bigger fish to fry Both India and USA are the biggest terrorists who have spoiled the international peace. India is involved in disturbing the peace of sub-continent and America has already destroyed the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/07/08/treacherous-and-hazardous-are-these-waters-part-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 8, 2017
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Bad legal moments

The only thing we seem to learn, is that we’ve learnt nothing “All I can say to my dear country-men is everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made, if you want a different

May 29, 2017
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US worried about losing global leadership

Top Pentagon officials say that because of Russian and Chinese advances, the U.S. military’s “overmatch” has diminished. Planners can no longer guarantee a president that the United States could prevail in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/28/us-worried-about-losing-global-leadership/" title="Read more" >...</a>

May 28, 2017
The mysterious Dawn leaksFEATURED

The mysterious Dawn leaks

There must be no gratuitous insults, no personal threats “It’s in the greater interest of the nation to save the institutional misunderstandings. Prime Minister alone, should handle it, sto

May 7, 2017
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The skill set of steady premiership

Nawaz isn’t playing chess, he’s playing checkers “Z A Bhutto, in his seven years regime, visited Larkana eleven times on government expense. All other private visits were from his poc

May 6, 2017