Sultan M Hali

Liaquat Ali Khan, Pak’s unheralded founding father

OCTOBER 16 is the 73rd death anniversary of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan. Pakistan was deprived of both its founding fathers in the first few years…

Highlights of Xi’s National Day speech

ON occasion of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), President Xi Jinping addressed a reception…

75th anniversary of the founding of PRC

ON 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) declared the independence of modern China, named the People’s…

Resurrection of Jinnah’s image in Bangladesh

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 was the 76th Death Anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Honouring the legacy of its founding father, whose…

Quaid was enabled to see first Independence Day

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

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

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

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?

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’

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…

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