WHO REALLY WANTS THE WAKHAN CORRIDOR
Beyond the rumours of annexation lies a larger question: can Pakistan turn geography into opportunity without turning a neighbour’s territory into a battlefield of competing ambitions? Midnight had…
The Public Purview
Tazeem Hejazi
PAKISTAN’S DUAL CRISIS: FRAGILE ECONOMIC STABILITY MEETS POLITICAL TURMOIL
□Defend the Homeland. Develop the People. Discipline Public Expenditure□ BāBā-Tāl is already at the Eyrie when I arrive. A steaming mug rests between his…
A MESSAGE TO MS. NATALIE A. BAKER: A GLASS OF WATER, A MAGAZINE, AND A BRIDGE BETWEEN NATIONS
A rooftop conversation at the Eyrie about childhood dreams, diplomatic goodwill, and the human ties that can bring Pakistan and America closer Some…
USA WILL BUILD — BUT THE LEECHES MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRINK FIRST
■ The Mineral Deal, Fifteen New Provinces, and the Metropolises Pakistan Must Build ■ Natalie A. Baker, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States,…
Jute’s fragrance in Islamabad’s air
The night was a little cold. I walked towards the west-facing window of my top-floor studio apartment at F-10 Markaz, my Eyrie—the eagle’s nest—and…
WHEN POLITICS PLAYS GAMES, THE PEOPLE PAY – The Maulana, the Political Bargain, and the Supremacy of Law
The Eyrie, F-10 Markaz, Islamabad. Something was terribly wrong. I had known BāBā-Tāl—the Bell-man—for long enough to recognise the difference between his customary silence…
I AM HEJAZI, TA’ZEEM HEJAZI—A PATRIOT SPIRIT, A PROUD SERVITUDE OF MUHAMMAD ﷺ
The wind howls across the jagged edges of the Karakoram, a relentless frozen beast scratching at the wooden door of a small watch-hut. Inside,…
THE YAMANIS ARE COMING — FORMATION OF AN ‘UMMAH BODY’ FOR THE HIJAZ IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
Last night, I took “Foxy: [ my mustered coloured Volkswagen] out of the “Eyrie” [ eagle’sNest- my rooftopstudioapartmentatMarkazF-10]. The old “foxt” coughed, huffed and…
GLOBAL ARENA ASKS: IS THIS MAN MAD OR ECCENTRIC(?)!Donald J. Trump – 47th President of USA
“Lights on.” The operating theatre was ready. The anaesthesia machine breathed quietly in the corner, as if even the machine knew that…
UNDER HEAVY FIRE : PAKISTAN STANDS FIRM WITH DG ISPR AGAINST HYBRID PUPPETS
There are moments when a nation is not attacked only with bullets. Sometimes the weapon is a headline. Sometimes it is a carefully selected…