Yet another war By Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Peace within states is as important as it is between and among states. Let us not forget that internal wars on any ground such as ideolo...

Any fool can make history By Asad Rahim Khan

“Suddenly,” went the first lines of Pervez Musharraf’s book, “there was a huge explosion, and my car was airborne. I was face-to-face wit...

Ali (RA) on governance by Dr A Q Khan

 This is the second part of the historic letter on good governance written by Hazrat Ali (KW) to Malik Al-Ashtar, governor-designate to E...

Innings played well By Kamal Siddiqi

This month, President Asif Ali Zardari will step down as the country’s head of state and resume life as a citizen, hopefully living a co...

What are the sarkars doing? By Dr Tariq Rahman

It may be too early to assess the performance of the various governments (sarkars in South Asian parlance) in the provinces

ہاتھ سے لگائی گرہوں کا دانتوں سے کھولنا - نصرت جاوید

ایم کیو ایم کے ڈاکٹر فاروق ستار بڑے سیانے آدمی ہیں۔ ان کی جماعت 1985ء کے بعد کراچی میں نمودار ہوکر تیزی سے پھیلنا شروع ہوئی تو وہ اس شہ...

Karachi’s only hope lies with the army By Arsalan Faruqi

The recently issued statements by the MQM chief, Altaf Hussain, and the subsequent debate on the floor of the National Assembly have bro...

Who paralysed India’s growth? By Shivam Vij

Until the global recession of 2008, it was impossible in India to criticise the corporate sector. If you dared to ask a question about t...

What is Mr Dar up to? By Dr Pervez Tahir

A prominent feature of the well-known path of dependency that Pakistan’s economy follows is the reliance on foreign economic assistance ...

Pakistan-India: between the lines By Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Is this a lame-duck government devoid of the public mandate to negotiate peace with India? Or is this a government formed by a party that...

Lahore ‘Puls’s’ own goal and other stories By Kamran Shafi

How very stupid of the Lahore police to use force against the 100-150 PTI members who were protesting alleged rigging in a Lahore PA cons...