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...

Why does India oppose the China-Pak Economic Corridor?

India is a major regional player in Asia and has used this to play as a puppet of the US to counter Chinese influence...

Op-ed: Russia is facilitating Indian attempts to contain growing Chinese power

The comments earlier this week by Roman Babushkin, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Russian Embassy in India, suggest that Russia might have...

The Motorway Incident: Horrific Enough to Compel a Permanent Solution?

Violence against women seems to have become a never-ending plague in Pakistan, with news stories about women getting harassed, assaulted, or raped coming out...

Op-ed: Western powers use media propaganda to control global economic order

Novichok must be the most cryptic and deceptive chemical placebo ever developed by the erstwhile super-power that exploded the world’s largest 50 megaton Tsar...

New Delhi lost its last chance to ‘Save Face’ before Beijing

India could have followed the Chinese Defense Ministry's suggestion to investigate the first-ever firearm discharge near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in almost...

Op-ed: US has assaulted rule of law by sanctioning ICC officials over Afghan war crimes probe

The United States has penalised the International Criminal Court for investigating war crimes in Afghanistan. In a bizarre but not unpredictable move, Washington has...

India’s goal of military modernization: Why India-Israel relations blossomed

In 1992, under PM Chandra Shekar’s administration, India forged diplomatic relations with Israel; adopting a course opposite from Mahatma Gandhis, who opposed the creation...