News stories for Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Our Afghan imperative

Instead of a Big Brother policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan should consider a policy of Strategic Generosity. Updated 05 Nov, 2025 08:57am

KP shows the way

We are at a ‘to be or not to be’ moment in which common moral sense must prevail. Updated 17 Oct, 2025 08:58am

Doing something good

What is to be done? What can be done? How can it be done? Where do we begin? Updated 18 Sep, 2025 09:51am

Building peace in South Asia

After its chastening experience of Operation Sindoor, one might have hoped India would now consider the possibilities for cooperation over hegemony. Updated 06 Aug, 2025 10:03am

Pakistan-India relations

This is a losing situation for both countries and for South Asia. Updated 23 Jul, 2025 09:09am

Peace Prize for the war maker

All self-respecting Pakistanis were embarrassed by the government’s decision. Updated 25 Jun, 2025 09:02am

Post-Eid reflections

The only way out of this situation is a truth, justice, and reconciliation process that prioritises country above every other. Updated 09 Apr, 2025 09:36am

Hard state, soft state

What is absolutely required is a Nelson Mandela-like initiative to help heal the country. Updated 25 Mar, 2025 09:42am

Trump’s colonial genocide

Our outrage overwhelms us. It does not motivate us to do anything constructive. Updated 07 Feb, 2025 08:04am

Doomsday Clock 2025

The world will be fortunate if it merely finds itself on a roller coaster. Published 01 Feb, 2025 05:29am

Muslim civilisation and Pakistan

Tens of thousands of things need to be done to transform a traditional society and an underdeveloped country. Updated 20 Dec, 2024 09:22am

Damascus is free?

Depending on one’s inclination, Damascus has either fallen, or is free. In truth, both descriptions are accurate. Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:46pm

Donald Trump returns — so what?

Trump, like Biden, celebrates the genocide in Gaza, the setback to Hezbollah, and the presumed humiliation of Iran. Updated 06 Dec, 2024 11:26am

Truth to power

The govt that was installed after the Feb 8 election is representative of the power that installed it rather than of the people. Updated 20 Sep, 2024 08:00am

Improving India-Pakistan ties

A whole new generation of Indians and Pakistanis need to know more about each other and why they feel and think about each other the way they do. Updated 27 Aug, 2024 10:22am

More than Biden or Trump?

The world’s mightiest country will be led by someone who is either “not quite there” or someone who is pathologically “reckless”. Updated 29 Jun, 2024 09:30am