The three-day historic visit of the Pakistani PM Imran Khan to the US has come to an end. The overwhelming perception one gets from the visit is that a closer relationship between the two countries than during the last five years looks possible. The future will show if that hope is justified. While Mr. Trump’s…
The recent visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the United States has added a new chapter in the history of Pak-US relations. This first three-day visit of the newly elected Prime Minster of Pakistan was aimed at improving bilateral connection with Washington. Prime Minister Khan was determined to cover various aspects of regional and…
The CPEC project once again came in lime light during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to United States. It was evident that there was some confusion and perhaps rivalry and all sort of other reasons why Pakistan was not able to cash out its important geographical location. Anyhow, amazingly president Trump was convinced regarding the…
A narrative and information via Liaquat Merchant grandnephew of the late Fatima Jinnah, one of the few surviving members of the Jinnah Family, Liaquat Merchant is the son of Sherbano, and the grandchild of Mariambai Abedin Peerbhoy, Jinnah’s other sister. Being the President of the Jinnah Society, which is the historical preservation unit of Muhammad…
Historically gold prospects always attracts adventurers, the sites are usually fought over, not only by individual prospectors and/ or mining companies but by nations. Possibly the biggest copper and gold deposit in the world, why should Reko Diq be an exception? In 2010 the Reko Diq Mining Project was calculated to be a US$ 3.3…
Pakistan is once again courting an unpredictable ally. Pakistan-US relationship is historic, enduring and wide-ranging yet it has always had an underlying roller coaster signature tune that has an inbuilt undercutting as well as self-healing mechanism. Prime Minister Imran Khan visited United States from 21st to 23rd of July. He held talks with US President…
Context The three-day visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US was a significant icebreaking moment for the otherwise downward spiraling US-Pakistan ties. Aside from the positive optics, the broader implications remain vague. The Afghan peace process was supposed to be the focus of the meetings, however, President Trump’s comment on Kashmir has opened…
All of Imran Khan’s trips abroad as PM has been of great importance to Pakistan. The most anticipated (and more important than others) was his 3-day trip of the United States (US). Primarily Pakistan badly needed to mend fences with the US on a number of thorny issues, secondarily we had to attract very much…
The ‘established’ political parties of Pakistan today have mainly dynastical family rule like that of Z.A. Bhutto, his descendants (and opportunistic adherents through marriage like Asif Zardari), that of Maulana Mufti Mahmood, Baccha Khan’s family and more lately of Nawaz Sharif’s, feudal to the core. The exceptions were Jamaat-e-Islam (JI) and the MQM. The MQM…
Having stabilized somewhat after a rather rocky start the PTI government and PM Imran Khan seem set on their attempt to steer course towards real change, with across-the-board accountability the central plank of their campaign. The dire economic situation shows some signs of hope: With 2.1 million people filing their tax returns, the highest in…
