MBS struggles to make Saudi Arabia a moderate state
Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of moderate...
Bangladesh’s PM & army chief in hot waters after Al Jazeera’s shocking revelations
Al Jazeera published a series of scandalous reports last week alleging that Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has practically surrendered control of the state...
Here’s how Biden should interact with China
With the new Biden administration taking office, the US-China relationship is about to turn on a new page. To the US, China used to...
Dissenting voices suffocating in ‘democratic’ India
What is happening in India today is the cumulative effect of subversion of justice where eye witnesses have turned hostile and judges have relied...
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...
Can a joint media network be the future of Pak-Turk relations?
Globalization has been propelled by media. Media is basically a cultural product and the transfer and spread of this ‘product’ influences and impacts different...
Why China’s BRI not a Debt Trap
‘Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter’ – Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe, a celebrated...
India’s 2021 defence budget should open the eyes of those who criticize Pakistan
India’s finance minister presented the budget amid rumpus. She stammered a lot and avoided reading out defence allocations. When questioned why the finance minister didn’t...
Op-ed: How British, US links increased with Nazi Germany during Hitler’s power
Early this century Winston Churchill was voted “the greatest Briton of all time” in a nationwide British poll, which attracted more than a million...