Imran Shauket

SOMEONE recently asked, “Why is Gandhara important to Buddhism?” The thought behind the query perhaps was “Why are you promoting Pakistan’s Buddhist Heritage to the…

IN not too distant past, the trouble children of the world community – some would call them pariahs — used to be Pakistan and Iran.…

AT a recent event in Bangkok organized to showcase activities undertaken in the past decade to promote Pakistan-Thailand bilateral people-to-people ties, tourism and investment, I…

ON 14 May, I published an article titled “Modi, what were you thinking? ” This article speculated as to why Modi hesitated in launching an…

LAST week I penned an article “Modi, What is holding you back? ” In the article, I had put forth the reasons why Modi was…

FLYING to the US over the past week, 30 hours of travel alone-time, gives one much time to think. Foremost on the mind was the…

ON 23 March, the President of Pakistan conferred nearly 70 civilian awards to Pakistanis and foreigners for myriad services to the nation. Among other occupations,…

THE grass gets trampled, as the saying goes. For the sake of this article, the elephants are Punjab, Sindh, GPI, corporate farming and so on.…

CLIMATE change is not just an environmental issue but a global crisis, disproportionately affecting the world’s most vulnerable communities. While pollution, extreme weather and rising…

On a recent visit to Washington DC, Ambassador Rizwan Saeed hosted a “samosa and tea” at the Pakistan Embassy for a group of Americans. The…