Price of Power
Similarities in history Seymour Hersh’s seminal book the Price of Power is a discourse on the politics of Nixon and Kissinger, particularly how, for short term political gains, these two politicians damaged…
Plugging Leaks
A question of credibility The Panama leaks have taken the whole world – including Pakistan – by storm. In response, the government has publically stated than an inquiry commission headed by a…
Bread and circuses
And the PSL experience Trying to read Gibbons’ The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire while watching the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the same time is a terrible idea as…
T20 Cricket and Pakistan’s Neville Chamberlains
Send them a team of cows Neville Chamberlain, Britain’s Prime Minister till 1940, is one of the most pilloried figures in British politics, because of the Munich Agreement signed by Hitler —…
Signal-free hell
Who cares about logic? Having worked with leading master planning consultancies over the last few years, words like livable city, walkable and cycle able city, increased tree plantation to reduce the heat…