Columnists
CPEC toughest test for Imran & Pak generals
Before elections, Imran had promised he would publicly examine the CPEC agreements made by Nawaz Shairf’s government.
Trump taking US on path of confrontation with Beijing
Trump’s most fateful decision is to confront China.
State of the Union: The locust years of our defence preparedness
The defence expenditure at 1.6 per cent of GDP in 2017-18 was the lowest since 1962 when the India-China war was fought.
Politics & lynching
Violence does not erupt by itself. It erupts only after the atmosphere has been fouled by hate speech.
Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A man of few words who left millions spellbound
The poet in Atalji often made him reclusive, and prone to staccato sentences which he left to the intelligence of the others to decipher.
Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A ‘liberal’ pragmatist & last of the Nehruvians
Nehru and Vajpayee are the true representatives of a complex and ancient civilisation like India.
View from Pakistan: Creating party watchdogs will help Imran to perform better
In the present situation the PTI and PPP parliamentary parties are unlikely to question party chiefs’ choice of CMs.
PM, at Red Fort, goes all out for Polls 2019
The Prime Minister has perfected the typical Indian trait of vilifying one’s predecessors.
The death of a dictator
It was almost miraculous. A pall that seemed permanent had suddenly been lifted from Pakistan.
Will Pakistan’s middle class bosses trigger new soft coup?
Middle-class voters alone didn’t ensure the PTI’s win. The party co-opted many traditional electables.