by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal There is a familiar weakness in the human character; we are often more comfortable responding to danger than preparing for it. We wait for the storm before repairing the roof, for the illness before changing our habits, and for the crisis before asking why we were […]

by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In Pakistan’s turbulent political landscape, Parliament remains the one institution where disagreement can be converted into dialogue and confrontation into compromise. It is the forum where competing political visions meet, debate and seek common ground. In such circumstances, the Speaker’s office assumes importance beyond routine parliamentary […]

by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal The situation in the Gulf has grown steadily clearer of late, and with it the realisation that neither Israel nor its principal patron, the United States, can secure their wider aims unless Saudi Arabia is at length brought into line. Direct persuasion having failed to draw […]

by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal I am only a young girl. My name may never appear in a newspaper, my photograph may never be shown on television, and perhaps no one beyond my family will ever know what happened to me. Yet something happened that has changed the meaning of every […]