India’s flawed taxation system

Opinion | India’s 2020-21 Budget is round the corner and a struggling Indian economy means that there are some tough days ahead for the Indian...

Pakistan’s faux democracy unable to respect the right to information

“Democracy dies behind the closed doors”, said an American judge Damon Keith in a very famous Detroit Free case. It is a guardian right...

Crisis of Governance in Pakistan

Opinion | There is a crisis of governance in Pakistan. And PTI should not shy away from accepting their responsibility in creating, and then perpetuating,...

Pakistan Pavilion at Davos: Making a case for Pakistan

Opinion | Organized since its inception in 1970 the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting at Davos brings together world leaders of government, economy, technology,...

Moving towards credible elections

The son of Bhera, Sikandar Sultan Raja, has been tasked to ensure the next credible election in the land of the pure. In the...

Is Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the making?

“The more things change the more they stay the same." Let’s recall some powerful assertions which attempted to define or re-define our filthy political...

China and India place risky bets on Muslim acquiescence to anti-Muslim policies

Last month’s Islamic summit in Malaysia failed to challenge with a bang Saudi influence in the Islamic world and Muslim silence about repression of...

Weak democracy weak state

Opinion | ‘No government is the best government’ these were the words of President Ronald Reagan. As a student in the eighties such statements were...

Iran at the crossroads: Internal challenges vs. Regional ambitions

Opinion | It seems as if the Middle East has been in a constant state of war and uncertainty since forever. There are multiple conflicts,...

Why we need to stop blaming the “Consumers”?

Opinion | Today we are living in a crucial period of human history. It's a time of crisis. Global environmental changes caused by human economic...

Trump, the deal maker, blinks before China

Opinion | The signing ceremony of the China-US phase-one economic and trade agreement at the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan....

US-Iran Conflict: European countries bet on who flinch first

Opinion | Two sets of US government cables suggest that Iran hawks in and outside the Trump administration appear to have the upper hand as...
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