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...

Strategic Consequences Of Myanmar’s State Of Emergency: The Quad vs. China & Russia?

Myanmar entered into a year-long state of emergency after the Tatmadaw detained leaders of the formerly ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) following their refusal to...

Modi’s inability to critically think matters is satanic revenge from hell

There is no balance of wisdom in PM Narendra Modi. Either he is facilely imitating for the physical appearance of Swami Vivekanand to celebrate...

Op-ed: Are we citizens of this country or we remain merely subjects?

My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik was born a subject of the British Empire on July 15, 1920, in Ludhiana, East Punjab. To be...