The least that Ebrahim Raisi should do is to curtail the powers of the unelected strata, reform the financial sector, and open up the great Persian civilisation to the outside world. Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi has a much tougher task than his predecessors as he has assumed office at a crisscrossed time of regional…
Pakistan is once again seized with the Afghan fall-out equation as the United States exited the war-devastated country in a nightmarish mode. Washington has left behind dozens of unanswered questions in the geo-strategic and political milieu and its so-called peace plan negotiated with the Afghan establishment and the Taliban is in limbo. This impacts Pakistan…
It sounds paranoid to expect miracles in this age of 5G. At a time when the global economy is nosedived and even developed countries are in a fix, owing to a relentless pandemic, Pakistan has swung a surprise out of the blue. Its economy is talking. It is in a takeoff mode and to the…
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan can never afford to be at odds with each other. This is the balance-sheet of their geo-economics and fraternity. Irrespective of the fact that they differ on numerous policy wavelengths in the regional and international context, what glues them is an ‘undeclared and less-said’ strategic understanding of indispensability. Likewise, it is…
Half-way down the lane, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has reoriented the country’s foreign policy into a new paradigm. It has taken a sharp departure from its conventional posture, and a host of developments suggest that ‘out of box’ thinking has, at least, set in to harness new opportunities and confront challenges. The good point…
Afghanistan is an enigma of sorts. Its geo-political vulnerability has kept it on the tenterhooks and literally in a state of war for more than four decades. Umpteenth efforts to find a solution in the war-weary country have ended up in failures, as none were in resonance with the aspirations of its diverse ethno-lingual society….
Pakistan has been obsessed with the United States for the last seven decades. Washington, in reciprocity, hardly has a bilateral policy towards Islamabad. It is an antithesis of our myopic foreign policy that the United States had always viewed Pakistan through the ‘third’ lens. Be it: the erstwhile Cold War; Afghanistan, India or China! Pakistan…
As GCC allies get back to normalcy, there are dozens of questions that go unanswered The Arabian Gulf has for long been a clientele region for the United States. Washington’s supremacy and diktat are the order of the day, and excluding Iran all have fallen in line. The rupture of ties between Qatar and its…
No point in forcing them to live under shadows, they stood for Pakistan and are loyal to the core MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH, the Founder of Pakistan, had once quipped that ‘Muslims (of the subcontinent) who are opposing Pakistan will spend rest of their lives proving loyalty to India.’ Prophetic words, indeed. But there is an…
I have lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates for the last 12 years and it is my second home, indeed. Likewise, the Emirates are home to more than 1.5 million Pakistanis, and a prime source of welfare, prosperity and a bright future for their kith and kin. Thus, Pakistan’s relations with the UAE…
