Tag: The News
Enough is enough – Shireen Mazari
From shock to blame-games, politicians and media in the US and Nato states are now seeking scapegoats for the Afghan debacle where they...
Violence, women and militarization ? By Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
That there is an apprehension that Zahir Jaffer will be taken out of Pakistan by his influential family speaks volumes for the state of...
The next Afghan war – Shahzad Chaudhry
Scenario 1. The Taliban sweep continues unabated with mild to moderate hindrance from government forces and the militias but given a rapidly waning government...
Development and transvaluation – Hussain H Zaidi
Popularized by German philosopher Nietzsche, the concept of transvaluation of values implies that norms and ideals embodied in a moral system shouldn’t be hostile...
How brave is brave? – Shahzad Chaudhry
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent statement to an interviewer, “Absolutely not”, has been widely lauded in the domestic circles for its un-ambiguity. It indicated...
Afghanistan: a history of blunders By Saleem Safi
The writer works for Geo TV.
“The only thing we learn from history" – in the words of German philosopher Friedrich Hegel "is that we...
The end-game – Shahzad Chaudhry
Ashraf Ghani isn’t going down alone. He will take the entire house down and the neighbour’s dog. And whatever else he can lay his...
Who might rule over us in 2023? – Shahzad Chaudhry
Or 2022, if you know what I mean. Assuming a normal run of events it is easy to conclude that the PPP blew its...
India’s nuclear recklessness – Shireen Mazari
So the latest report of uranium being sold and smuggled out of India is not new. Why the international community has chosen to turn...
A civilization in decline?- Hussain H Zaidi
In a significant move, the Chinese government has allowed couples to have three children. The permission replaces the two-child policy introduced in 2016. Until...