A fictional depiction of true facts, “Exodus” by author Leon Uris is a moving account of the struggle of Jewish refugees escaping persecution and discrimination in Europe to get to Israel (Middle East) after World War 2. Sixty years later history is repeating itself but in the reverse direction. Migrants from the Middle East and…
We are in the state we are in is because we have been compromising on targetting corruption, now it has become a part of our lives. The penetration is so deep that it has subverted society to the extent that the corrupt do not hide their corruption anymore. In fact they flout their newly acquired…
Launching the unmitigated disaster that was “Operation Gibraltar” in 1965 it was criminal negligence not to anticipate a far wider Indian response than the conflict being only being restricted to Kashmir. Even though after Rann of Kutch in May, formations like 7 Div, etc had moved out of their peacetime locations, our military hierarchy were…
Former Federal Minister and close aide/confidante of PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, Dr Asim Hussain was remanded for 90 days by an Anti-Terrorism Court under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 because of what the Rangers described was “credible information about his involvement in terrorism-related activity and embezzlement of funds”. Asim soon started coughing out a roomful…
On an election petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) alleging poll rigging in NA-125 in Lahore, an election tribunal decided in May this year that the irregularities were serious enough to cancel the constituency’s 2013 election results. Terming it null and void, the tribunal de-seated PML (N)’s Khawaja Saad Rafique, the Federal Minister for Railways….
Dear Readers, A quick glance into our short history will show that barring a few honourable exceptions, we were unable to produce a truly capable and credible leader who could represent this nation’s interests. Over the decades, partly because of continued military dictatorships and partly because of the shenanigans of our politicians, Pakistan lost what…
The sick loan portfolio in the banks started to swell as early as the mid-eighties, the same was not publicly acknowledged in the banks’ books. Throughout the nineties, huge lending decisions were taken in Islamabad instead of being analysed threadbare in the banks’ boardrooms by professional bankers. Handpicked persons having no professional background were placed…
The landmark Supreme Court (SC) judgment validating Parliament’s enactment of laws authorizing trials of terrorists by military courts was widely hailed throughout the country. Greeted with a sigh of relief, public opinion registered a massive surge of hope and aspiration. The SC ordered that the military courts adopt the basic principles and procedures of a…
The communication gap between the British officers and native Indian troops was blamed by the British for the mutiny in the Army of the British East India Company leading to the 1857 War of Independence. To propagate British imperial rule after 1857, an Indian Viceroy Commissioned Officer (VCO) rank was instituted to facilitate effective liaison….
Dear Readers, Having just celebrated the 68th anniversary of its independence in grand style, some soul searching is still in order to evaluate where Pakistan stands today. Successive governments failed to establish or implant the concept of ‘unity in diversity’ among Pakistanis by failing to develop pragmatic policies whether educational, related to economic development, preservation…
