A lesson for Macron: Freedom of expression is not absolute

Once again, the Muslim world has been deeply saddened and enraged by the heart-wrenching comments of French president Emmanuel Macron about Islam and its...

Emmanuel Macron does not need to build an Enlightenment Islam, because that already exists

A French high school teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his class was beheaded on Oct. 16 by an 18-year-old Muslim...

Op-ed: Shiny face of Indian democracy disfigured by repressive laws

In yet another damning report, UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet expressed 'concern over restrictions on non-governmental organizations, arrests of activists and...

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Ethnocentric attitudes encouraging negative stereotypes

  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is de facto...

Does law of sedition undermine free speech?

With a crime report registered against the senior politicians of this country under the law of sedition; a controversy arises: whether the law of...

A timeline of the motorway gang-rape

An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday sent Abid Malhi, the prime suspect in the motorway gang-rape case, to jail on a 14-day judicial...

Attock taxi driver raped woman in front of son

A woman was raped and sexually assaulted by a man at gunpoint in the presence of her son on Monday in Rawalpindi, as per...

Saudi-led delegation meets UN rights chief to discuss rights violations in occupied Kashmir

Ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group in Geneva, led by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, met Tuesday with the UN's...

How PM Imran Khan is enhancing soft power of Pakistan

Within next few weeks, Imran Khan, PM of Pakistan, is once again going to improve Pakistan's soft power on international stage. He is likely...

Israel warns Hamas of war while Israeli bombs devastate parts of Gaza

Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the army said. The latest exchange came as Israel...

Muslim doctor’s detention extended for ‘provocative speech’ on CAA

NEW DELHI (AA) - A regional government in India extended on Sunday the detention of a Muslim doctor who voiced his concerns against controversial...

India’s allies must compel it to restore Statehood of Occupied Kashmir: report

The International Crisis Group (ICG) in a report has urged India’s international allies to “strongly encourage it to restore Kashmiri statehood, free detained politicians,...