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Blaming envoys for the mess By Zahid Hussain
GOVERNANCE has never been the Imran Khan administration’s forte but his government’s incompetence in running foreign affairs is truly calamitous. The prime minister’s perception...
Beyond backchannel talks By Zahid Hussain
IT is no more a secret. The two hostile neighbours have been talking to each other. Backchannel contacts between India and Pakistan have...
Ending the ‘forever war’ By Zahid Hussain
The writer is the author of No-Win War — The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistan’s Shadow.
LAST week, President Joe Biden declared the end...
Hostage to extremism By Zahid Hussain
IT is not for the first time that a religiously motivated group has disrupted civic life but what happened this week is extremely serious....
Blaming the victim By Zahid Hussain
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan regularly airs his views on subjects ranging from history to religion to moral values. Perhaps Plato’s idea of the ‘philosopher...
Unceremonious departure By Zahid Hussain
WEEKS after the prime minister claimed the economy was on course to recovery he sacked his finance minister. Hafeez Sheikh’s humiliating exit is yet...
Signs of a thaw in Pakistan-India relations By Zahid Hussain
Some recent developments have raised hopes for a thaw in the Pakistan-India relations. As the two countries agreed to restore the cease-fire along...
Can the PDM survive? By Zahid Hussain
IT is more than just a war of words between the two major allies that marks the widening cleavage in the motley opposition coalition....
A new battlefront By Zahid Hussain
THE PTI government wants the entire Election Commission of Pakistan to resign because apparently the prime minister is unhappy with the institution for not...
The game is on By Zahid Hussain
IT will be a secret ballot at the Senate elections. The Supreme Court decision is unambiguous. Yet it has not ended the controversy....