Masarat Alam; Asia’s longest serving political prisoner?
Kashmir’s resistance icon Masarat Alam Bhat may be the longest-serving political prisoner in Asia after Dr Chia Thye Posh of Singapore. He has been...
Masarat Alam: Asia’s longest serving political prisoner?
Kashmir’s resistance icon Masarat Alam Bhat may be the longest-serving political prisoner in Asia after Dr Chia Thye Posh of Singapore. He has been...
Humans of Islamabad suffer due to flawed urban planning
The following article has been written to highlight the challenges faced by the residents of Islamabad. The names of the characters are fictitious but...
Opinion: Is Pakistan’s blasphemy law a result of the ulema-state alliance?
Junaid Hafeez, a university lecturer in Pakistan, had been imprisoned for six years when he was sentenced to death in December 2019. The charge: blasphemy, specifically...
Is RSS the invisible government of India?
While talking to a Cornell college professor, Rahul Gandhi lamented that the RSS was making use of its educational institutions to propagate its tunnel...
Pakistan’s new ‘Geoeconomics’ lawfare
Of late, statements from the highest level in Pakistan’s government have urged the global community to build a relationship with the country centered around “geoeconomic security.”...
Hurly-burly polls; what’s next?
After Daska plight, senate polls were no less than mayhem. The most anticipated battle ended with Yousaf Raza Gillani's victory against Hafeez Shaikh, paving...
What’s causing extremism in Pakistan?
Extremism has become a common social attitude. This attitude is not of any two or four people or in any one sphere of life...
Local government elections- a democratic tragedy in Pakistan
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” said Lord Acton. This quote befits our political system especially to the enigma of Local Government Elections...
The RSS’s ubiquitous influence in India
While talking to Kaushik Basu, a professor of the Cornell College Rahul Gandhi remarked,` The Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh national volunteer corps makes use of...
Should we consider amnesty for corrupt politicians?
Let us get rid of the scoundrels. Conviction through the courts seems impossible. Weakness in the common law to combat white-collar crime, combined with...
Fixing Pakistan’s broken democratic system
Over the past week, the hypocrisy of Pakistan’s broken democratic ‘system’ has become visible for all and sundry. On Tuesday, 3rd of March, Yousaf...
