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…

Not without evidence

The political climate in Pakistan is very stormy – a season of daily truths and untruths, fanciful facts and conspiracies. New political stories have surfaced on a daily basis. However, the numbers in parliament will determine if the prime…