The Ukraine crisis is everybody’s crisis. It is also everybody’s conversation that must take place. The brutalities faced by the Ukrainians are heart breaking and the resilience in their struggle for freedom must be hailed. It is very much Pakistan’s concern as the country now submits defeat to an energy and food fatigue due to…
“The hope is that by reaffirming and strengthening foundations of cooperation, the next page in history can turn toward cooperation and security rather than conflict and strife.” – Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The World Economic forum theme this year is ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented world’. With global inflation on the…
“When an established system of governance fails to perform and produce results, alternative systems of governance are often thought of.” However, not as often this is done in Pakistan. Historically, Pakistan has explored Presidential, Parliamentary systems and military dictatorships; would a technocratic system of government serve as an alternative solution this time around? The suggestion,…
Once again Pakistan seems to find itself in a severe quandary having to lie in bed with the most facetious of all villains – the Taliban. Commonly under the banner of Islamic Jihadist terrorist groups, they have siphoned themselves into many different sub-tribes. Amidst the chaos, post 9/11, there was a large majority of Taliban…
Recently, we saw Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman emerge as a strong proponent for climate justice. The UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, saw her as a vocal advocate standing for Pakistan. Calling other countries to rethink their lifestyles, highlighting the vulnerable position of Pakistan and its inability in tolerating this dystopia,…
Pakistan now sits on a cusp of several security concerns. The political upheaval has caused a domino effect which has set into motion too many factors (and people) to control. If amongst this chaos, bad statements and angering old allies have not made the year any less exciting; in came the apocalyptic floods and the…
PTI will most probably win the elections in 2023 as already predicted. Khan’s recent U-turn on the conspiracy spiel comes as no surprise. The backtracking statements, perhaps means a venture into a more stable outlook for the party’s political future. If they come back into power, the real question is: How will they fix Pakistan’s…
IN a world already filled with a sense of doubt, espionage and artificially hyped sensationalism, does the recent Deep-fake controversy in Pakistan hold much value? This is not meant to be a triggering statement, rather a rhetoric posed for a moment of self-reflection. With so much presented as “fake” or manipulated, one should fully understand…
The yawn-worthy anti-American rhetoric by the opposition doesn’t seem to be fizzling out. Rearing its head up at intermittent moments, it has that same old lackluster flavor of something tacky being repackaged and resold. But who is still following the Pied Piper’s tune? One would have thought that perhaps some advisors would have whispered common…
The anti-west slogans and messaging coming out from the recent protests have been unsettling. Strongly worded to demonstrate a point that slavery by the west is unacceptable, one could only think in terms of the downturn of global inclusion that has taken place in lieu of recent events. The diatribe which some have so readily adopted…
