The UNGA address
Diplomacy is often the best of weapons
Prime Minister Imran Khan poured out his heart on issues like Islamophobia, blasphemy, climate change and the...
Impeaching Trump
And its possible outcomes
US President Donald Trump had only just dodged a bullet, avoiding being formally accused of obstruction of justice in the...
Entertaining narcissistic illusions
But where is the Kashmir plan?
Imran Khan will be remembered as a politician who talked a great script but couldn’t write one. Speaking...
Afghan polls
This poll matters more than usual
Afghanistan has the first round of its presidential elections today. This is actually only the first of two...
The limitations of a super power
And the dangers of depending on it
US President Donald Trump wanted to present Afghan peace as a trophy during the 2020 Presidential elections....
The Azadi March
The opposition agrees the government must go
Without necessarily agreeing on how, the opposition parties seem to have achieved consensus on a target; that...
Running after red herrings
From ambassador of Kashmir to mediator on Iran
The formal session of the UNGA has begun with a call from the UN Secretary...
AJK earthquake
Were lessons learnt from the last one?
The saving grace of the earthquake which struck Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday was that it...
Imran Khan’s unending illusions
“We look to the US to put out flames in the world”
At the Houston rally jointly addressed by US President Donald Trump and...
Dengue spreads
A full-blown epidemic
Pakistan has had to deal with dengue fever almost on an annual basis– with varying degrees of severity0150 since it first...
Has PTI a long term Kashmir policy?
PM’s meetings in US
Imran Khan had proceeded to New York five days ahead of the UNGA to plead the cause of Kashmir. One had...
The impending long-march
JUI-F likely to go it alone
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman met with Shahbaz Sharif for the second time in a week and yet again...
A judge speaks
Justice Isa says nothing his learned brothers would not
Normally, a judge is supposed to speak only though his judgements. However, it is supposed...
Accident on Babusar Top
26 killed, dozens injured
The accident in the wee hours of Wednesday, in which the driver of a bus bound for Rawalpindi from Skardu...
The PTI’s Governance
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold
The PTI leadership is obsessed with the idea of punishing the corrupt. While the NAB proceeds with...
Worsening economic fundamentals
Something will eventually have to give
It is slowly becoming quite apparent that most of what the PTI had promised to deliver will simply...
A crucial week ahead for Imran Khan
Any misstep could be harmful for the country
A politician’s performance is judged neither by his intentions nor the efforts he makes, but by...
