Opinion
How to worsen a divide
The debate on new provinces is being sold as a cure for a collapsed system. But it will not govern better; rather, it will...
The perpetual weak link
IS India a weak link that worries the architects of the Shanghai club and the BRICS group? The question is as urgent today as...
Nobody’s job
I STOOD in the immigration line at Jinnah International for 20 minutes and barely moved. Every counter was manned. Then they changed the officer...
Wrong solution to the right problem
PAKISTAN’S governance crisis is fundamentally institutional rather than geographical. While the creation of new provinces may address certain concerns relating to regional identity, representation,...
Pakistan’s strategic moment
Regional and global developments over the past 18 months have placed Pakistan in a strategic sweet spot. Counterterrorism cooperation, personal diplomacy with President Trump,...
Teaching machines fairness
The greatest risk of artificial intelligence is not that machines will outthink us. It is that they will inherit our oldest inequalities and write...
In the crossfire of the ceasefire
While the missiles fly in the Middle East, the most immediate shockwaves are being felt in regional capitals, as well as in the sprawling...
Climate governance whiplash
Pakistan has entered a phase of climate governance whiplash where extreme heat, intense rainfall, prolonged droughts, glacier instability and water insecurity are no longer...
The petrol bomb is dead
There's a peculiar ritual that used to play out every week in Pakistan. A notification would drop late on Friday night, television screens would...
The unending war
Six weeks ago, I had suggested that the conflict involving Iran might not be the strategic blunder it appeared to be. Instead, it could...