Ertugrul & Khilafat Movement: Pakistan’s longstanding association with Turkey
Even though I haven’t watched the Drilis Ertugrul series, I can experience its culture shock. Especially, as a digital media creator, it amazes me...
Turkey gambles in bid to rival China as a key supply chain node
A projected sharp reduction in trade between the United States and China in the next two years coupled with moves to diversify supply chains...
Human rights issues in Pakistan: Predicament of a common man
A society in which inhumanity becomes the norm is in serious turmoil. According to the great humanist: Abdul Sattar Edhi, “Humanity is the biggest...
Farmers Protest in India: The Beginning of a ‘Sikh Spring’
When tens of thousands of farmers marched towards the Indian capital of New Delhi on their tractors and on foot demanding the Modi government...
Op-ed: Trump’s dark era, will Biden’s be any different?
We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping-jacks; they pull the strings and we dance. Our...
India’s attack on the UN vehicle: a mistake or planned?
Pakistan has approached the United Nations to investigate the recent attack on a United Nations’ Military Observers’ Group vehicle. This is not the first...
Political differences; was this the only reason for the separation of East Pakistan?
Most of the narratives about the separation of East Pakistan so far are centred on the premise that it could have been prevented if...
Op-ed: Pakistan Steel Mills need a new sense of direction to cater to our future needs
The year was 1970, I was a first year student at the prestigious Government College Lahore. Vacancies were announced for future engineers to be...
Op-ed: the India-Israel nexus and its implications for Pakistan
The India-Israel nexus has never been a mystery, but at present, it is posing a serious threat to regional and national security. The Indian...
East Pakistan: A National Debacle Owned by None, Forgotten by All
World War II was over — but not for Mr. Hiroo Onoda — a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army, because he did not...
Assassination of Fakhrizadeh, a war against Iran’s intellectuals?
The killing of Iran’s top scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27 is not an isolated incident only for Iran to worry about. It should...
Orchestrating a Greater Gemania; Ludendorff’s expansionist dreams
When in February 1918, the liberal German politician Prince Max of Baden asked his country’s military dictator, Erich Ludendorff, what would happen if the...