Implications of a global disorder By Talat Masood
The world at present is an anarchic condition, primarily driven by President Trump’s deliberate policies of shaking up well-established global …
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Hard or competent state? By Maleeha Lodhi
THERE are several aspects to the debate that has been going on in the media about a ‘hard state’. Why, …
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A hard state? By Shahab Usto
THE recent in-camera civil-military huddle at Parliament House once again unfolded three conceptual cleavages that have rent apart the polity. One, the …
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From hard to harder By Sakib Sherani
‘There is no use of running on the wrong road’ — Turkish proverb ELITE misrule in Pakistan has scarred the …
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Losing the plot By Khurram Husain
YOU can tell when a government in Pakistan has lost the plot when they turn to the bureaucrats for ideas …
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First line of defence By Maleeha Lodhi
IF foreign policy is the country’s first line of defence it is disconcerting how successive governments have left the foreign …
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Neighbourly cooperation By Muhammad Amir Rana
PAKISTAN is an active member of the UN, with a track record of supporting the peaceful resolution of conflicts worldwide. …
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Political decorum in decline By Saira Samo
The steady decline in political discourse on our television screens has become a painful spectacle. Politicians from both the ruling …
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Coercive approach won’t work By Asif Durrani
IMAGINE Afghanistan and Pakistan becoming enemies, each seeking to undermine the other. However, history shows that the two nations share …
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Kashmir – A legal battle By Dr Shoaib Baloch
Kashmir is a legal contest between Pakistan and India. The revocation of Article 370 and 35-A of the Indian Constitution …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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