Social Justice: Time to Prioritise By Gilbert F Houngbo
Social Justice: Time to Prioritise By Gilbert F Houngbo. May 1st is widely known as Labour Day, a day when …
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Constitutional abyss By Zafar Mirza
“The framers had inserted Article 184(3) intending that the jurisdiction shall be exercised to ensure that the fundamental rights of …
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Long war threat By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi
WHEN the negotiators for the TTP threatened, by some accounts, a long war on Pakistan, I wonder whether their Pakistani …
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New provinces? By Umair Javed
A PROPOSAL to create new provinces grabbed headlines in mid-April, as former finance minister Miftah Ismail and several others advocated …
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The Taliban conundrum By Maleeha Lodhi
FAR from easing, Pakistan’s Afghan dilemma has become more acute in recent months. Despite several high-level interactions with Kabul aimed …
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Economy Against heavy odds By Rashid Amjad
Economy Against heavy odds By Rashid Amjad WITH the country reaching its 75th anniversary, there has been much doom and …
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Nobody Wants the Current World Order By Shivshankar Menon
Nobody Wants the Current World Order The world is between orders; it is adrift. The last coherent response by the …
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Dirty wars
Dirty wars By Marwan Bishara. On the face of it, authoritarian Russia cannot be trusted with the facts, let alone …
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Bombing Palestinians
The death of 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after Israel bombed in what it called pre-emptive strike against the …
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A National Consultation on the Economy
I was really excited when I received an invitation to join a ‘National Consultation on the Economy of Pakistan’ on …
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The U.S. Relationship With China Does Not Need to Be So Tense – NY Times
China, economically ascendant, has become increasingly assertive in pressing its economic, political and territorial claims. The United States, which long …
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Nuclear weapons make no sense
On Saturday, I proudly stood with Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and the people of Hiroshima in memory of an …
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What Money Can’t Buy – Foreign Affairs
Anyone who wonders about the potential of economic power need look no further than the response to Russia’s attack on …
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Ruthlessly ethical By Syed Kaleem Imam
HUMANS have been known to transgress all extremes when they come down to savagery. Even then, the trends set over …
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