Farmers’ movement in Modi’s la-la land: What next?
India is currently in throes of a son-of the soil farmer’s movement. They have been demanding repeal of three controversial farm laws at different...
Quarreling over Iqbal’s statue
Last week turned out to be very disappointing for the much revered Allama Sir Dr Muhammad Iqbal Lahori when his home built statue was...
Can a joint media network be the future of Pak-Turk relations?
Globalization has been propelled by media. Media is basically a cultural product and the transfer and spread of this ‘product’ influences and impacts different...
India’s 2021 defence budget should open the eyes of those who criticize Pakistan
India’s finance minister presented the budget amid rumpus. She stammered a lot and avoided reading out defence allocations. When questioned why the finance minister didn’t...
Op-ed: How British, US links increased with Nazi Germany during Hitler’s power
Early this century Winston Churchill was voted “the greatest Briton of all time” in a nationwide British poll, which attracted more than a million...
Strategic Consequences Of Myanmar’s State Of Emergency: The Quad vs. China & Russia?
Myanmar entered into a year-long state of emergency after the Tatmadaw detained leaders of the formerly ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) following their refusal to...
Modi’s inability to critically think matters is satanic revenge from hell
There is no balance of wisdom in PM Narendra Modi. Either he is facilely imitating for the physical appearance of Swami Vivekanand to celebrate...
Can Police reforms justify the Use of force by the police?
The tone of official/semi-official literature on police reforms in Pakistan shows that it caters to two types of reforms: ‘policy’ and ‘service delivery’. While...
Is there any glimmer of hope for the Dalit in India?
On India’s Republic Day, some farmers climbed up ramparts of the Red Fort and hoisted the Khalsa flag. Some BJP workers took the opportunity to label...
Op-ed: Gujarat and India under Modi missed critical thinking
Vibes are good and bad points that you sense around a person in a place. But critical thinking is not to blame where the...
Islamophobia: A fungible prop for Muslim religious soft power
Think the Muslim world is united in opposing Islamophobia? Think twice. Rising anti-Muslim sentiment in countries like China, Myanmar, and India as well as the...
How did the farmers’ protests turn into an oppressed peoples’ Movement in India
Police baton charge and water torrents on elderly farmers, besides inclement weather, sometimes become freezing. Farmers’ local and diaspora sympathizers flooded them with food,...