Writings

9/11 terror attacks in New York remind us of the darkest day in US history when Al-Qaeda terrorists, apparently masterminded by Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan, terrorized the powerful US nation and, in the process, changed the geo-political dynamics...
Shahbaz Sharif, a veteran of Pakistani politics for the past three decades, is now PM of Pakistan. He has thrice before served as the Chief Minister of Punjab (1997-99, 2008-2013 & 2013 till 2018) and is considered an able...
US-Pakistan relationships have always been difficult – but many wonder if they had ever before reached this low level? Democratic Biden and not Russia's Putin sending the message that a popularly elected prime minister of Pakistan is unacceptable to...
PPP and PMLN, Pakistan’s main opposition parties that intend to de-seat Prime Minister Imran Khan through a vote of no confidence are banking on PTI MNA’s elected on PTI tickets to defect PTI and vote against PM Imran Khan. However...
PM Imran Khan's visit to China on invitation by the Chinese leadership to visit Beijing from February 3 to Feb 6, 2022, to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2022 has been described as a huge...
Where Men and Mountains Meet

Where Men and Mountains Meet

Pakistani media has not been able to create a name in documentary making, but this meticulously researched work – inspired and supported by FWO - was clearly an exception. Before the end of first week, more than a million...
Dubai Expo 2020 is a World Expo that was kick-started on September 30 and will last till the end of March 2022. Originally scheduled for October 20, 2020, to April 10, 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
When in September of 2021 (16-17 Sept), Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan dashed to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to attend SCO’s 20th summit, there was another little-noticed activity going on beyond the glare of tv cameras. On Sept 14, Sixty-six Pakistani businessmen also...
Russian President, Putin, and Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan surprised the world when they spoke with one voice on Afghanistan during the just concluded 20th summit of SCO. Dr. Moeed Pirzada, Editor Global Village Space analyses from Dushanbe, Tajikistan.  Russia and Pakistan join forces...
London engraver and cartographer John Spilsbury is credited for producing the first-ever jigsaw puzzle around 1760. However, a further bit of research reveals that the art of cutting painted maps, using saws, into pieces existed much before him –...
Pakistani politics enters mid-2021 amidst interesting national and regional developments; some of these are under the public radar – for instance, the fast-changing situation in Afghanistan – but these could be far-reaching. The opposition alliance, PDM, has not been able...
What will be remembered as the “Asad Toor Affair” has badly exposed the unprofessionalism and moral bankruptcy of Pakistani media, civil-military fault lines of the country, and helplessness of Pakistani state institutions in handling the challenges of globalization and...
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China. This foreign policy wizard and one of the sharpest strategic minds of the 20th century was a great friend of Pakistan, so relations between the two countries...
India and Pakistan were engaged through backchannel for more than a year. Focus of discussion remained normalization in Kashmir and its change of status back from the union territory towards a state with guarantees against feared demographic change. Successful...
PM Imran Khan and ruling PTI are trying to establish the principle that senate elections – due in March – should be held through an open transparent ballot; instead of the secret vote as mandated by the constitution. This...