I Think, Therefore I blog

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...

Afghanistan has always opposed the existence of Pakistan, right from day one. It opposed the creation of Pakistan, claiming most of the terr...

  Published in DAWN on September 2, 1998 I CONGRATULATE the Prime Minister on his bold decision to declare Quran and Sunna as the supreme la...

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...

I suppose we should have expected it after the ignominious withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. The Taliban's Pakistan branch (TTP)...

The Taliban have been around for almost three decades now. During their previous rule in Afghanistan, they blew up the Bamiyan Buddha statue...

The only surprising thing about the New Zealand Cricket team suddenly cancelling the tour (just an hour before the first match started) is t...

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...

The northern areas of Pakistan are inhabited by illiterate people whose mindsets are similar to those who lived in the stone Age. I was in S...

So the Americans suddenly vacated the huge Bagram air base without even informing the Afghans that they were leaving. This proves that they ...

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...

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 ...

Security threat Published in Dawn on January 2, 2015 With reference to your editorial “Security threat” (December 22). Sometimes it seems...

Protesting against apologists Published in The Express Tribune on December 25, 2014. KARACHI: With reference to the article “Protesting ag...

Waiting game Published in Daily Times on April 30, 2014 Sir: In reference to your editorial ‘Waiting game’ (April 29), I know many people wh...

Misconceptions about the Jamaat Published in The Express Tribune on April 18, 2014 Embed from Getty Images KARACHI: This is with re...

Vulnerable people Published in DAWN on March 5, 2014 THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Vulnerable communities’ and Irfan Husain’s article ‘Li...

More on Taleban talks Published in Khaleej Times on February 16, 2014. During the height of the cold war, the attitude of the Russians was,...

Taleban googly Published in Khaleej Times, February 5, 2014   The selection of Imran Khan by the Taleban to negotiate with the government on...