Normalization with Israel to provide Gulf states cover against growing influence of Iran

The unveiling of the peace agreements between the state of Israel and the Gulf States of UAE and Bahrain depicts a classic example of...

Is Europe willing to sustain economic ties with China?

As the global geopolitical sphere shapes up into a battleground between the US and China, Europe will have to ally either an erratic Donald...

Impending threat to intra-Afghan peace talks

The talks between the Taliban and Afghan government have been formally launched in Doha on September 12. Ending the 40-year-long conflict is a dream...

Tackling rape: Our national habit is to weep after every tragedy

Another rape case, another uproar in the media - but the fact of the matter is that this is not the first case and...

Rape victims don’t lose honour, the rapists do! – Maleeha Hashmey

It is not the one who is “wronged” who loses their honour, but the one who “wrongs” is the one who loses it forever!...

US: The nexus between generals and military industrial complex

As Taliban and Kabul government negotiators undergo the compulsory week long Covid-19 induced quarantine, a couple of developments ahead of the impending intra-Afghan negotiations...

Motorway incident reveals years of injustice

There is no way to put into words the grief, horror and anger that people of Pakistan feel at the indescribable rape of a...

Op-ed: After the demise of Benazir, the Charter of Democracy has resulted in dacoity

Nothing happens in the absence of conviction or commission. As the era of conviction and ideology is over, without upfront payment no work is...

Despite disasters, why is DHA Karachi still the place to be?

Pakistan Meteorological Department has confirmed that Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain fell...

Journalism: How a noble profession is disgraced

Journalism, the world over, is regarded as the noblest of professions. Journalists are men and women of reason, wisdom and patience. However, Pakistan’s journalistic...

Death penalty for rape cases and the rule of law

One culprit, just one culprit undergoing the death penalty, while the whole world watches him meet his well-earned destiny is all it is going...

Op-ed: It is time for Pakistani society to shun discrimination based on skin color

As the effect of the Black Lives Matter movement continues to create ripples throughout the world, there is very little in way of discourse...
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