Soul searching must to revive the essence of democracy

On 14 August 1973, Pakistan was declared a constitutional democracy. On papers it is called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. while it is neither...

Biden’s impending challenges in Afghanistan

The Biden administration has many complex internal issues to address and resolve, ranging from handling the pandemic to reinvigorating the economy to uniting a...

Nuclear disarmament is wishful thinking, here’s why

Last month, nuclear abolitionists celebrated as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons-- commonly called the nuclear ban treaty-- entered into force. Though...

Analysing the legal matrix of Kashmir

On Friday, February 5, all major political parties in Pakistan held their respective rallies under the garb of ‘Kashmir Day’. Unsurprisingly, each political party...

Op-ed: Are we citizens of this country or we remain merely subjects?

My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik was born a subject of the British Empire on July 15, 1920, in Ludhiana, East Punjab. To be...

Farmers’ protest is defined not by waywardness of the few, but by spirit and resilience of the many

Delhi has never understood Punjab and does not do so even now. The Punjab I allude to is the territory that till 1966 extended...

How to materialize a US-China arms control treaty

The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) which is the last treaty to address strategic arms control is set to expire in February this...

Turkish fatwa hangs Erdogan’s soft power drive in the balance

Turkey’s state-controlled top religious authority has conditionally endorsed usury in a ruling that is likely to fuel debate about concepts of Islamic finance and...

Goswami leaks raise important questions about the “Indian version” of Pulwama attack

WhatsApp leaks concerning Arnab Goswami (Republic TV) have brought into the limelight some bitter truths. One bitter truth is that the general public is...

US-British policy of appeasing Mussolini’s rule

National debt in Benito Mussolini's Italy was growing year-on-year, while he placed the Italian economy increasingly on a war footing. "This military dilettante", as...

Op-ed: Middle East futures: Decade(s) of defiance and dissent

If the 2010s were a decade of defiance and dissent, the 2020s promise to make mass anti-government protests a fixture of the greater Middle...

Op-ed: Trump’s conservatism

Roaming around the internet, you find large amounts of opinions and reports on the prospects of ex-GOP and future liberal Democrats. Just the thought...