IRON BEAUTIES CARRYING STAR & CRESCENT
Two sisters from the mountainous valleys, carrying the title of daughters of Pakistan. There are mountains that merely stand, and there are mountains that raise people. Hunza belongs…
The Public Purview
Tazeem Hejazi
ENGLISH, PLEASE!
A Good Morning at Midnight It is 01:17 in the morning. Which, in ordinary English, means it is still night. But why should we…
LET’S DRAW THE LINES — WITH A PENCIL, NOT A DAGGER: PAKISTAN MUST NOT BLEED
■Lines can be changed. Boundaries can be redrawn. Administrative units can evolve. But Pakistan must not bleed.■ Perhaps I have been looking at the…
RUSSIA: THE BALLOT BOX, THE BELL-MAN AND THE HANDS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
The Eyrie was unusually quiet that evening. Beyond my west window, the Margalla Hills were slowly disappearing into dusk. Foxy, my mustard-coloured Volkswagen, rested…
THE TIGHTROPE ACROSS THE CHASM: EXECUTING THE MECCA PACT
History is a cruel taskmaster. It does not allow a statesman to rest upon one victory before pushing him toward the edge of another…
THE ENDURING BOND – WHY PAKISTAN-CHINA ‘IRON BROTHERHOOD’ REMAINS A MODEL FOR REGIONAL STABILITY
Before entering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, I saw Jamia Masjid Salahuddin Ayubi on my right. I turned the steering wheel right and stopped near the masjid.…
WAKE UP, PAKISTAN! SOMEONE IS EYEING THE BUNDLE!
BāBā-Tāl whispers: “Bacha! Your most precious shield may be in danger.” The Pakistani nation may therefore need to ask a frightening question: Is someone…
AMERICA’S UNBROKEN TRAIL OF BETRAYAL
■Vietnam, Afghanistan, East Pakistan — and Trump’s “No” to MBS■ What is the value of an American promise when an American calculation changes? That…
MATI-UR-REHMAN: TRAITOR IN HISTORY, NOT HERO
■HERO IN ONE HISTORY, TRAITOR IN ANOTHER — BUT WHAT DID HIS OATH SAY?■ His eyes… oh God. Vast as the Gobi or the…
GWADAR: OPEN THE SAILS — LET PAKISTAN SAIL AS ONE
■A port can open a nation’s doors to the world. But only unity, trust and belonging can keep the nation together.■ The evening is…