At the time of the partition, State opposed the CPI inspired progressives. Liberals too rebelled against them.

The weapon of choice for al Qaeda to avoid ‘regime-change’ will be the nuclear weapons of Pakistan.

There is little consciousness of ethic in us because of the way we understand religion, which ties ethics to piety.

Haqqani didn’t think well of the army. Let us see what his book, Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, contains.

With Greece about to suffer its biggest crisis, it contemplates abandoning the Euro for its former currency drachma.

Jugni is a presiding genius of sorts. But what explains its peripatetic or wandering nature?

Why does vision at times become the difference for us between a great leader and an ordinary one?

One would be surprised to know that we use words related to ‘Eid’ every day in Urdu.

In Europe, when a dictator quits, civilisation takes over & state survives. No such thing happens in the Muslim world.

It is pragmatism in state conduct coming close to providing theoretical basis for understanding conduct of weak state.