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Burning the midnight oil

Weekly article in Daily Times - On fuel crisis -  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/29-Jan-2015/burning-the-midnight-oil January 29, 2015

Hanging by a thread

Weekly article in Daily Times - Hanging by a thread -  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/22-Jan-2015/hanging-by-a-thread - January 22, 2015

Comedy in tragedy

Unlike what the mainstream media believes, portrays, or covers, I have always found a PML-N government to be a comic affair. Ever since their first stints of power in my teen years to today, every time they have been in power, in their desire to look ultra-smart they end up providing comic relief to the observers. This time around, however, the affair seems to be on steroids. And if that was not enough what followed APS attack has sealed the deal for someone looking for ultimate comic relief. And the magnitude of tragedy that it follows and the problem that we face makes this comedy even more tragic. We are dealing with a government that seems to have no clue of the problems and how to deal with them. And in all seriousness trying to solve them without clue, it is creating a classic comedy. On security policy, all it is resorting to is a series of All Parties Conferences. Even that would have been fine had the agenda been initiated by the government. But the missing entity from all

How South Asia can crumble

Weekly article in Daily Times - How South Asia can crumble  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/08-Jan-2015/how-south-asia-can-crumble  January 8, 2015

Military courts: missing perspective

Weekly Article in Daily Times - Military courts: missing perspective -  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/01-Jan-2015/military-courts-missing-perspective  - January 1, 2015