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It is the summer of 2024. Somewhere in Latin America, a few familiar faces are sitting around an elongated table to share their experiences about...
Diplomacy may always be given a chance. However, one must not forget that a dialogue involves at least two parties. If the other side simply refuses...
All of them were smartly attired. Their cell phones were switched off. The discussion had just started. Pessimist: The next elections will also be...
‘Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable...
Albert Einstein said: When the solution is simple, God is answering. First deduction: Solutions exist. We just need to do a little bit of homework...
India and Pakistan are in a state of perpetual animosity. Several ideological and territorial disputes and differences keep both countries engaged in...
‘I never dreamt of success. I worked for it’ - Estée Lauder Seemingly, Washington’s carrot and stick policy has decisively taken a turn that...
Is a ‘pack up and go home’ scenario developing for the PML (N) led newly installed coalition government? If yes, why so soon? If not, then why...
India has not only formally accepted its past (mis) adventures overseas but also spelled out its future modus operandi to advance its national...
The diplomatic bruises sustained by Pakistan in the wake of the August 2019 developments will take a long time to heal. Bilateral relations between...
Finally, Pakistan decided to call a spade a spade. Messages sent to the ‘unrecognized’ interim government in Kabul through diplomatic...
A candidate of this year’s CSS exam had several questions when she met me last week. She had just finished the written part of the exam and needed...
A small group of senior citizens - all retired - had just started a discussion, focusing on the country’s future. Attired in old style suits, they...
It was a full house. The debate between wishful thinking and reality was about to begin. The stage was graced by logic, needs, experience and...
The wise old owl peeped into the ultimate depths of the clear blue sky and took a deep sigh. The entire kingdom animalia was present. All eyes were...
Finally, the general elections were held in Pakistan on 8 February. Firstly, five interesting facts: One: Commissioner Rawalpindi’s ‘delayed’...
It was much before the eventful times of emperors such as Augustus, Caligula, Marcus Aurelias, Commodus and Nero. Rome was still a Republic....
Somewhere in Latin America….!! Moderator: A special meeting is convened to talk about the general elections and its aftermath. The participants...
Yes, they are. Are they producing good investigative papers based on quality research. Perhaps, yes. Are they following one of Pablo Picasso’s...
Scene one: PML (N) is already in celebration mode but the enthusiasm about the PM ship seems to have mellowed down. Its leadership has been...
Becoming hostile to another country is not the first step. It is the last. Unfortunately, sometimes, the journey from any bilateral trajectory going...
Becoming hostile to another country is not the first step. It is the last. Unfortunately, sometimes, the journey from any bilateral trajectory going...
Kabul is now ruled by a hostile group of people. Apparently, the regime does not need Pakistan’s support anymore or for Islamabad to work as a...
Scientists are still searching for the real causes of Alzheimer’s, a type of dementia- mostly common in people over sixty. Doctors maintain that...
Politics is neither chemistry nor physics. Its fluid and unpredictable nature leaves little space for political scientists to predict- especially in...
It was Modi’s government. It was Modi’s media. It was Modi’s administration. It was Modi’s fever all over India. How come we didn’t know...
Twenty-eight years is a lot of time to state the obvious. It took 194 countries more than two decades to reach a consensus on something that is taught...
Following the delimitation process, the ECP is about to release the election schedule amidst an ensuing debate on whether the general elections would...
The events since 1947, wars, espionage, stand offs, attempts to embarrass, and disparage each other, actions, reactions, arms and nuclear race,...