Our diplomatic failure

The ICA (International Court of Arbitration) has allowed India to build Kishanganga Dam in IHK. At the same time it has ordered India to...

Future of our youth

Pakistani nation is going through a difficult time of its history. Pakistan is second to none as for as the performance of Pakistanis in...

Scientific inventions

Science today has given us such comforts as were unimaginable a few years ago. Today we can switch on radio and listen to the...

Playing favourites

What the cabinet did on Wednesday was to agree in principle to give the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. The announcement was...

In the name of merit

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) struggled for sixteen years with a vision to reverse the present downward slide and take it to new heights. It was...

A revolution to remember

Historically, events around the world are mostly termed as conspiracies; indeed search of truth out of those had been surfacing ugly counterfeits after occurrence of debacles. The human history has seen this many a time. On the other hand, today or tomorrow, the truth has always prevailed, whether it is not supported by majority because of deliberate and sophisticated journalistic campaigns or the will of power masters-or combination of both. A Swiss-American biochemist Martin H

Strained Pak-US ties

The US-Pakistan strategic partnership that once flourished due to Pakistan’s solid war performance in eradicating Al-Qaeda sanctuaries in Swat, Lower Dir, Sangla and South...

Don of change

As clichéd as it may sound, Pakistani nation stands at a grim crossroads where change is the necessity of the hour. Presently, not only...

WikiLeaks exposes dual standards

It is shocking to know that the King of Saudi Arabia, who is the custodian of Muslims' Holiest Mosques and is expected to lead the Umma and to promote unity among the Muslim countries, had asked the Uncle Sam to attack and destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities instead of State of Israel, also called Asif Ali Zardari the greatest obstacle to Pakistan progress.
What are the reasons behind Saudi king hating the leaders of the most important Islamic countries? Is this hatred based on

One step at a time

Finally, the focal point of all major players in Afghanistan has shifted from military operation to the peace process and talks about ‘the talks’...

My enemy’s enemy…

Apparently, the cat is coming out of the bag. Last week’s unprovoked firing between Pakistani and Indian forces along the Line of Control (LOC)...

Who is who of corruption?

There is talk in the air of widespread practice of not so good governance in Punjab. An epic example is of a professional district...

No quality leadership!

The rise of European colonialism changed the perception of life wherever it reached. It brought modern Western ideas and concepts to the lands which were not known to them partially or utterly. Some of those new ideas were indeed responsible to bring revolutionary change in native's life of the conquered land but what it left on the face of it were divided groups of people with conflicting interests. No doubt, nation-state and its concomitant bureaucratic structure, ambitious

The battle continues

The difference between the latest episode of friction between the judiciary and the executive and the previous ones is the prospect of the latter fighting back this time. Reports of the government seeking to reappoint NAB chief Deedar Hussain Shah, who was removed from his position as per a directive of the apex court, indicate that the government has decided to change tack.
If that indeed is true, it is going to be a messy affair, with the court's will coming through in the end.

Politics and economy

Pakistan has been facing severe energy crisis for over a decade and the gap between production and consumption has been widening with every tick...

An injustice

Using very strong language I am constrained to say that over the years, Pakistan has become a death bed of merit. This is my...

Remember the IDPs

Someone will have to take responsibility   Disturbing reports about IDPs in Bannu clashing with the police and threatening a protest sit-in outside parliament are cause...