Blog Layout Four

Where’s the water? By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

ON March 27, a report in this newspaper quoted an unnamed official of the irrigation bureaucracy as saying: “There is …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 28, 2025

The leak By Imran Jan

If you open the pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post, it would seem that the American …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 27, 2025

New world order By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

THE Trump administration has attacked the liberal world order, built on multilateral alliances like Nato, the EU and Bretton Woods …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 27, 2025

Adjusting to a changing world By Talat Masood

Currently, the world is facing a serious moral crisis, and universal values carry hardly any weightage. Leaders of several countries …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 26, 2025

A predator state By Zahid Hussain

PAKISTAN appears to fit the definition of a ‘predator state’ which, according to economist James K. Galbraith, is “a political …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 26, 2025

A Nation Caught Between Superpowers By Dr Hasnain Javed

Pakistan’s economic trajectory is increasingly shaped by its complex foreign policy, particularly its relationships with the United States and China. …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 25, 2025

Hard state, soft state By Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Recently, the army chief addressed parliament after the Jaffar Express train attack in Balochistan. He said Pakistan had to become a “hard state” to …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 25, 2025

Middle East edging towards persistent crises By Shahid Javed Burki

Recent events in the Middle East may mean that the region, after years of conflict, could be heading towards a …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 24, 2025

Frozen relations By Maleeha Lodhi

TWO recent developments have reinforced the fraught relationship between Pakistan and India, which makes the prospect bleak for any thaw …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 24, 2025

A Roadmap to Women’s Empowerment By Dr Nasir Khan

In Pakistan, every woman has a story-stories of perseverance, dreams, and the struggle to carve out a space for herself …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 22, 2025

World Water Day: a wake-up call for Pakistan By Dr Ali M Mir

Pakistan stands on the brink of a water crisis, endangering its development, the well-being of its people, and its future …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 22, 2025

To build or not to build the ‘peace pipeline’ By Syed Mohammad Ali

Despite dwindling local gas reserves, and the soaring domestic demand for gas, Pakistan has not yet been able to operationalise …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 21, 2025

Political audit of Afghan policy By Rafiullah Kakar

THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 21, 2025

Warring cyclops By F.S. Aijazuddin

THE West and Russia are two cyclops who have never been able to see eye to eye. Over centuries, they …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 20, 2025

Beasts of burden By Khurram Hussain

THIS is perfect. The power bureaucracy has decided to go on the offensive against users of net-metering services, and decided to …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 20, 2025

Womanhood: a unique trait bestowed by nature By Dr Samreen Bari Aamir

Womanhood cannot be defined solely by achievements such as earning, exerting power over others, pursuing education, attaining high positions, achieving …Read More

Zarnish HayatMarch 19, 2025

Time to come out of denial By Asif Durrani

THE question arises: why are the Afghan Taliban critical of the arrest of IS-K terrorist Sharifullah, alias Jafar, if they have …Read More