NOT A DIME OUT OF TAXPAYERS’ MONEY
While an American hawk spreads his wings to shield taxpayers’ dollars, Pakistan’s oligarchic vultures continue circling the public treasury. “Bacha! Have you ever wondered why, despite travelling through…
The Public Purview
Tazeem Hejazi
A CITIZEN WRITES TO A WORLD BODY
If Hafiz accepts the Nobel Peace Prize — it will be a matter of pride for the Nobel Prize itself. Should the Nobel Peace…
You Welcome Giants, Let Me Live As A Free Citizen
If Islamabad aspires to become a global diplomatic and mediation hub, it must learn to welcome world leaders without freezing the daily life of…
I And My Country Never Beg
What Makes a Leader? Last evening, I turned seventy-four. Or, as my grandchildren insist on saying, seventy-four years young. The celebration was held at…
DONALD TRUMP’S GREATEST VICTORY OR THE FIRST BRICK OUT OF THE WALL?
The Islamabad Accord and the Future of American Power I was returning from the Shrine of Bari Imam when I passed the United States…
Islamabad Accord Digitally Sealed: Pakistan’s Virtual Triumph Delivers Tangible Fruits – From Electronic Pen to National Renaissance
History has clicked “Confirm.” In a groundbreaking hybrid/virtual ceremony hosted through Islamabad’s diplomatic channels, the Islamabad Accord between the United States and Iran has…
THE DOOR FINALLY OPENED
Waiting, Building, and the Strange Midnight Arrival of History As usual, it was midnight, and I was sitting in my studio apartment on the…
Islamabad Accord on the Digital Brink: Pakistan’s Patient Peacemaker in a Moody Geopolitical Dance – Weaving Hope Thread by Thread
I was pouring hot coffee from my thermos-bottle under the black skies of Daman-e-Koh, on the green shoulder of the Margalla Hills — the…
THE GREAT BUDGET CIRCUS RETURNS TO ISLAMABAD
When the Actors Protest the Script They Helped Write Night had begun to settle over Islamabad. The lights of the capital shimmered beneath a…
CLOSING THE PIGEON’S EYES- WON’T MAKE ISRAEL OR PALESTINE DISAPPEAR
● Why the Two-State Formula Remains the Only Practical Path Out of a Conflict Still Written in Blood ● Night had already settled over…