Stories by Ahmad Faruqui

NON-FICTION: Can Pakistan be enlightened?

A book argues Pakistan can overcome its challenges by embracing the values of the European Enlightenment, but offers oft-repeated

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:18am

NON-FICTION: THE BATTLE THAT DECIDED AMERICA’S FATE

A naval historian revisits the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War and shows how logistics, leadership and luck decided

Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:29am

NON-FICTION: PAKISTAN AS A GLOBAL GATEWAY?

A recent book argues Pakistan can leverage its strategic location and become an engine of trade and global growth, but seems...

Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:41am

NON-FICTION: 5,000 YEARS IN 500 PAGES

Professor Audrey Truschke’s high-level introduction to the long history of the Indian Subcontinent is not just a lucid reference

Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:38am

NON-FICTION: THE END OF THE RUSSIAN DYNASTY

A book looks at the last Russian tsar and how his own shortcomings led to his Romanov monarchy being completely destroyed in 1917

Published 20 Jul, 2025 11:18am

NON-FICTION: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZHOU ENLAI

A voluminous biography of China’s celebrated former prime minister, based on previously inaccessible documents, is also partly a

Published 16 Mar, 2025 12:03pm

NON-FICTION: HUBRIS AND MISCALCULATION

The United States invaded Iraq in March 2003. In The Achilles Trap, Steve Coll, a professor of journalism at Columbia University

Published 13 Oct, 2024 09:57am

NON-FICTION: THE PRICE OF MYOPIA

A former military man delves into Pakistan’s strategic culture and thinking with reference to India. The book is likely to remain

Published 12 Feb, 2023 09:47am

Ending Pakistan’s recurring electricity crises — a seven-point action plan

The recent countrywide blackout on January 23 was a symptom of a deeper malaise.

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 01:37pm

How realistic is the forecast that Pakistan will be world’s sixth-largest economy by 2075?

If the population increases without commensurate growth in GDP, the quality of life will not improve and economic collapse could ensue.

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 03:13am

Why rooftop solar panels are the easiest way for Pakistan to reduce emissions

Unlike wind and large-scale solar projects, installing rooftop panels will reduce expensive transmission costs.

Updated 30 Nov, 2022 12:04am

NON-FICTION: PUSHED INTO WAR

In a thoroughly researched and well-written new book that deserves to be widely read, Dr Tariq Rahman puts the spotlight on the

Published 27 Nov, 2022 06:44am