How did Modi’s Kashmir policy backfire?
More than one year ago, PM Narendra Modi’s BJP government revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, a 70-year-old provision that had given autonomy...
Exploring the unholy nexus between RSS and Modi’s BJP
The relationship between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP is that of the soul and the body. The BJP disposes of what the...
Amid judge shootings and violence, Pakistan needs anonymous courts
A few days ago, a judge of an anti-terrorism court was shot dead. The senseless violence not only saw the death of the judge...
Covid-19 vaccine – a commodity for the rich of the world
After a year of misery and distress inflicted by the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe are striving hard to get Covid-19 vaccines...
How Pakistan’s human rights campaign is flawed beyond deceit
The dictionary would define Human Rights as "moral principles or norms for certain standards of human behavior". These could be those pertaining to the...
NATO expansion: A historical error that led to the Ukrainian crisis
Due to its location on the map between Russia and the EU-NATO states, the Ukraine or Ukraine has significant strategic importance as tensions there...
Pakistan’s international options to ensure respect for the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
The last few days saw repeated clashes in Pakistan between the police and the protestors of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) who demanded the expulsion of...
Will US exit guarantee stability for war-torn Afghanistan?
The democratic president Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will pull out the troops from war-torn Afghanistan before September 11, 2021. He spoke...
Russian-Taliban bounty conspiracy theory exposing the US Intelligence
The US Intelligence Community's sensational claims last summer that Russia was paying bounties to the Taliban for every American soldier that they killed was...
Here are the top 5 lessons to be learned from TLP’s protest
Pakistan, since its inception, has faced numerous challenges that have shaken democracy to its core. In recent years, issues like extremism and religious intolerance...
Secular extremism-the French obsession with Islam
One of the first cultural shocks I experienced in America was during my job training. My boss at the time and now a great...
India’s “Act West” policy: Warning signs for Pakistan?
India and Pakistan are two rival states and have fought three and a half wars for political influence in the region. The international community...