Sultan M Hali

Quaid was enabled to see first Independence Day
- By Sultan M Hali
- September 15, 2024
SEPTEMBER 11 is the Quaid’s death anniversary. Here is one important but less known fact. The founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was so…

launch of book on Chinese culture
- By Sultan M Hali
- September 8, 2024
Cheeni Saqafat kay Tabinda Nuqoosh” (Gleaming Gems of Chinese Culture)—my latest book—was launched at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad in a solemn ceremony where…

Pakistan’s role in post-Hasina Bangladesh
- By Sultan M Hali
- September 1, 2024
THE ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wajed has opened a window for potential improvement in Bangladesh-Pakistan relations. During Hasina’s rule, relations remained frosty due to historical…

Restoration of Pakistan’s standing in Bangladesh
- By Sultan M Hali
- August 25, 2024
THE world is still reeling under the impact of the ouster of autocrat Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who had been ruling Bangladesh ruthlessly for the last…

National endowment for democracy, friend or foe?
- By Sultan M Hali
- August 18, 2024
THE National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, non-profit foundation that supports democratic institutions worldwide. It was founded in 1983 under the auspices of…

Sheikh Hasina capitulates to ‘Razakars’
- By Sultan M Hali
- August 11, 2024
ON 5 August 2024, the longest-serving female head of government, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, who served as the tenth and twelfth Prime Minister of Bangladesh, surrendered…

China’s African investments raising western eyebrows
- By Sultan M Hali
- August 4, 2024
While the rest of the world, especially the Occident is engaged in supporting one or the other pro-tagonist in various armed clashes, China, besides offering…

BJP’s Muslim profiling—method in madness
- By Sultan M Hali
- July 28, 2024
NARENDRA Modi may have won a third term in the recently concluded general elections in India but the razor thin margin of victory of his…

CPC adopts resolution on further deepening reform
- By Sultan M Hali
- July 21, 2024
THE third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was held from July 15 to 18, 2024 at Beijing. During…

Fête nationale française — French National Day
- By Sultan M Hali
- July 14, 2024
FRANCE is facing a political crisis following the recent elections, which failed to give a clear majority to any party. The current Prime Minister Gabriel…