The government, the media and the crash
We drop to new lows all the time
Why PIA is in such a mess got less airtime than usual this time, perhaps because everybody...
The tale of Potential Political Presence: Reviving a legacy
Has the PPP found its long lost Messiah?
Greatest in population among all four provinces, the battle for Punjab is a must win for any...
PPP’s revival
Back to basics?
The very common answer which one hears while talking to a committed PPP voter is that “I support the PPP because of...
Interview with Qamar Zaman Kaira: PPP will come back strong
‘We have done miracles in the past’
Sure, these are hard times for the party. We have not been strong in Punjab since the last...
Minus one or plus one?
Or a little bit of this and a little bit of that?
The disappearance of Asif Zardari from the national political scene for some time...
The CPEC miracle
Moving from blueprint to implementation
Iran, Turkey and several central Asian states have already shown willingness to indirectly join CPEC, which has the capacity to...
CPEC: the dreams unlimited incorporation
Knowing the un-known
What’s in it for me? This question sounds familiar, and is posed every now and then, especially by provinces to the federal...
Changing destination without changing destiny
About investments and loans
Once again the Nawaz government seems to be riding the tide of destiny – moving forward with its mega projects, etc,...
Media Watch Part 2: Last refuge of the “Doctor”
Not really clear about what the reading on Bol is. Prior to its initial launch, there was talk of the deep state behind the...
Media Watch: “I am not shouting,” shouted Barrister Saif
This week in “That escalated quickly”:
One gets the impression that the MQM’s Barrister Saif and Waqt News’ Matiullah Jan are friends. I mean that...
What Pakistan gains from CPEC
The long and short of it
Beijing agreed to provide Pakistan with a $5.5b concessional loan to upgrade and modernise the Karachi-Lahore main railway line...
Interview of Dr Salman Shah: ‘Need to see CPEC as a strategy, not a...
All of Balochistan will benefit
Now China has an open field, and it’ll expand its economic reach and our region has a part to play...
Census: Pakistan’s missing link
"If it is the army's job to do everything, then what is the need for these institutions?"
According to the population census organisation, in 2011,...
Census: To be or not to be?
The Numbers Game
This is not the first time that a census has been delayed. Previously, the census conducted in 1972 was originally due in...
Pulling an army chief out of thin air
Our unfortunate Republic, being what it is, and knowing what it knows, takes greater interest in the appointment of the next army chief than...
Containing terror and despair: he CPEC’s security challenge
On November 13, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, along with number of other high profile people, including the Army chief, officially inaugurated the Gwadar port. A...
Dwindling security: a bane to our boon
The bumpy road to sustainable development
Where we must definitely highlight before the World the dirty deeds of enemies trying to destabilise us, we must...
