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It happens every couple of years. The Stock Exchange Index gradually increases for a few months, then there is a minor crash, then shares re...

Not a day passes by without a terrorist attack in the north of the country. It was Imran Khan who encouraged the Taliban by saying that they...

The human mind is perhaps the most unique thing in the world. It can imagine how the world will look like a hundred years from now. It can w...

Unacceptable Published in The News Saturday, Sep 28, 2024 Last week, two Afghan diplomats in Peshawar remained seated while our national...

There was a time when there were no money changers where you could buy all the dollars you wanted. It was a crime to buy and sell dollars. I...

It doesn't take much to drive businessmen into panic. Yesterday the stock market fell almost a thousand points, today it'll probably...

Of course it was too good to last. It's been just a week since the Taliban took over Kabul, the airport is still in American hands, and ...

Like Imran Khan, the Taliban promised a lot before seizing power, but like Imran Khan, they are already making U-turns. They said they would...

Of course no one expected the Ashraf Ghani government to last long after the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan. Most p...

After twenty years of conflict in which the U.S. spent trillions of dollars, it is getting ready to withdraw from Afghanistan. It's a fo...

Published in Daily Times on July 31, 2019 One can’t help admiring the creativity and ingenuity of some of our people. I’m referring to thos...

If there's one thing we should learn from history, it's that the Taliban will wreak havoc again if they're allowed to take over ...

Published in Daily Times on December 29, 2016 The humiliating treatment meted out to Mr. Sartaj Aziz by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Na...

Published in The Express Tribune Blogs on December 8th, 2016 The humiliating treatment meted out to Mr Sartaj Aziz by Afghan President Ashr...

Published in Daily Times on April 1, 2014 Sir: This is with reference to the news item ‘JI brands “Pakistan Idol” an “obscene” programme’ (D...

Leopard’s spots Published in DAWN on October 31, 2011 WITH reference to the news item ‘Karzai backtracks on remarks’ (Oct 25), we shou...

Afghan transit trade Published in The Express Tribune on February 27, 2011 KARACHI: This is with reference to the news item “360,000 contain...

Published in Khaleej Times on September 22, 2009 This is with reference to the Opinion article, ‘Democracy at Gunpoint’(KT, September 17). W...

He said, he said Published in The News on June 21, 2009 Embed from Getty Images During their recent meeting in Russia, the Indian ...

When I see so much corruption and lack of accountability in Pakistan, I can’t help thinking that handing over the country to the Taliban is ...