For Pakistan: With love From troubled Russia

Russia is in trouble on the battlefield in Ukraine, but that did not prevent Russian strong-man President Vladimir Putin from reaching out to Pakistan's Prime Minister at the recent Shanghai Cooperation (SCO) summit. There, the Pakistan…

The cost of Pakistan’s hyper politics

These are not ordinary days in Pakistan. News is flashing across television and android screens across the country that one third of Pakistan is submerged under flood waters leaving millions homeless, with harsh food shortages, undrinkable…

An unfortunate error

In a surprise move, the Chinese government opted to leave out Pakistan from a major global event on development – the High Level Dialogue on Global Development – that it was hosting. When questions were raised, several explanations came…

Pakistan is ignoring the common sense choice

It would be a simple common-sense call for the Pakistan government, to explore the possibility of buying cheap Russian oil. After all, the dollar has climbed to unprecedented heights and Pakistan's import bill for oil rushes ahead. Then why…