Tariq Aqil

Tragedy in pursuit of a better life abroad

THOUSANDS and thousands of young Pakistanis risk life and limb to reach European countries by putting their fate in the hands of human smugglers and…

Dr. Sardar Manmohan Singh: A giant among pygmies

Dr. Sardar Man Mohan Singh the quite unassuming modest economist and former Prime Minister of India and the first from the Sikh community to be…

Ghosts of 1971 tragedy

  December 16th 1971, a date that will live in infamy in the tumultuous history of Pakistan. It has now been 53 years since the…

After Bashar Al Assad what now?

ANOTHER Arab dictator has bitten the dust, another tyrant of the Middle East has received his just desserts. The speedy and swift demise of the…

Bashar-al Assad: Another dictator bites the dust

THERE are about fifty five Muslim countries in the world today and unfortunately all of them are devoid of a democratic system of governance. Most…

End of the protest what now?

IMRAN Khan the incarcerated founder of the PTI issued a final call for a protest movement starting on the 24th of November. The PTI juggernaut…

Politics of protest

POLITICS in Pakistan has entered a new and disturbing pattern that is launching street agitation and protest politics overlooking a policy of dialogue and debate.…

Independent State of Palestine a pipe dream

AFTER the First World War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles many areas of the former Ottoman Empire including Palestine were placed under…

Baluchistan bleeds again

TERROR stalks the land again. Baluchistan is in the line of fire and the province of Baluchistan is bleeding profusely. The dark and sinister forces…

Brain drain from Pakistan

Pakistan is in the throes of a serious and monumental crisis that is the flight of educated youth or brain drain from the country. So…

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