Unfinished script of a C grade film The Statesman 13 Feb 2024 The recently concluded elections in our neighbourhood had all the trappings of a third grade Bollywood film. What now remains to be seen is how the movie would conclude, though it appears that the producer and director have visualized the end. The characters in this forthcoming film […]
Pakistan’s sham elections Pakistan goes to the polls this week in another sham election, results of which are already known. Nawaz Sharief, who returned from self-imposed exile in the UK recently is the next PM. His return after being a fugitive for four years, closure of all cases against him implies that he is now the favourite of the […]
Pakistan and the US The Excelsior 28 Dec 2023 Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, made his first US visit, after his appointment as army chief, last week. As the de-facto ruler of Pakistan all decisions in the country are cleared by him. The visit came at a time when relations between the two were stagnating. Pakistan no longer […]
Pakistan continues to back cross-border terrorism: Is the US really serious about it? India vs disinformation 27 Dec 2023 Last week in a terrorist ambush in Poonch, India lost five soldiers. Pakistan’s hand in it was evident. A day later, an infiltration bid was foiled in the same region. It is assessed that Pakistan is attempting to recreate terrorism […]
The return of the prodigal son Nawaz The Excelsior 01 Nov 2023 Three-time former PM, Nawaz Sharif is back in Pakistan, after four years of self-imposed exile in London. He was imprisoned for a seven-year term for not disclosing his income from a company owned by his son in Dec 2018. The charges were fake and the courts compelled […]
Pakistan’s increasing internal turmoil The Excelsior 04 Oct 2023 The blasts over the weekend in Baluchistan’s Mastung district, which claimed over 50 lives and in Hangu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), are the latest in the series of terrorist attacks intended to break Pakistan’s integrity. While major incidents cannot be hidden, protests in other parts, including POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) including GB […]
Pakistan unwilling to accept own flaws The Excelsior 14 Sept 2023 In a recent press interaction, IG of police of Pakistan’s Punjab, Dr Usman Anwar, accused India of being behind the riots which targeted Christians and destroyed their churches. He claimed that these were planned and implemented by Indian agents to divert attention from the ongoing violence in Manipur. […]
A CPEC which stumbles on The Excelsior 31 Aug 2023 In a meeting, last week, with Pakistan’s former federal minister, Ahsan Iqbal and a Pakistani delegation, Chinese ruling Party Secretary, Ma Xingrui, stated in Urumqi, that the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, desired to make the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) an ‘exemplary’ project of the BRI (Belt Road Initiative), with Xinjiang […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic setbacks: A self-inflicted quagmire and India’s strategic successes First Post 23 Aug 2023 Asraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to US, India and China writes in The Dawn, ‘Pakistan’s relations with India are hostile, largely due to India. Its relations with Afghanistan are strained because of strategic short-sightedness. Its relations with Iran are dubious because of US […]
The arrest of Imran Khan The Excelsior 14 Aug 2023 The Pak army never disappoints. No PM in Pak has completed his full tenure and almost all have ended up behind bars. Imran was no exception. His arrest was expected after his ouster, and the deep state did not disappoint. In the Toshakhana case, Imran has been sentenced to […]