WHAT PERPETUATES LOW INCOME MOBILITY IN PAKISTAN FROM CHILDHOOD
Corruption? Nepotism? Lack of meritocracy? Low GDP growth? Yes, all of these and more. But in the final…
WHAT AILS PAKISTAN CRICKET
Almost every day I hear analyses from cricket pundits in Pakistan that the standard of the game in…
‘Women in Hiding’, Directed by Taliban, Running Successfully in Dark Corners
The above production has now hit the marketplace of Karak, a town in KPK, which is ruled by…
Osama Bin Laden Inquiry Leads to a Scathing Report
The leaked accounts of Osama Bin Laden Commissions’ report reveal a scolding that the ISI spooks will not…
Is Egypt Looking for its Next Pharaoh
While I may support liberal ideas and politics and be dead against all forms of theocracy, I have…
WEST’S APATHY TO JIHADIST OPPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIANS
Yesterday’s killing of Custos of the Holy Land: Fr Franҫois Mourad by Islamist insurgents in al-Ghassaniyah is just…
A SEQUEL TO ‘WHITE LEGEND OF PAKISTAN’S CREATION’
As evidenced by the comments coming forth, my article “The White Legend of Pakistan’s Creation” seems to have…
THE WHITE LEGEND OF PAKISTAN’S CREATION
PREFACE: So much has been written by much better people about the fallacy and inaccuracy of the history…
PPP LEADS THE MARCH OF FOLLY
I am sorry to have borrowed Barbara Tuchman’s axiom in a much lesser context. There has been much…
Terrorism Undeterred: Pakistan’s SSPTTP Failure
PREFACE The shadowy terrorist group SSP, even though banned by Musharraf in 2002, remains at the heart of…