Saudi Arabia: The journey from ultra-conservatism to ultra-modernism

Saudi Arabia, currently, is undergoing a phenomenal metamorphosis; a country widely known for its ultra-conservative posture is now gradually moving towards liberalism. It is...

Op-ed: Research is on the rise as teaching appears to be in decline

Some days ago, I discovered by chance an Urdu article of Waseem Khattak entitled “Asaatza kay tahqeeqi maqalay taleem ko tabah kar rahy hen”,...

Op-ed: Draconian laws in India are not synonymous with constitutional democracy

Reuters (September 11, 2020) stunned readers by reporting that `Indian state uses draconian law to detain those accused of killing cows'. The northern state...

What does Biden’s ‘deliberate ambiguity’ on Iran sanctions imply?

The Trump administration tightened the noose further around Iran’s beleaguered economy on Thursday, October 8, announcing a fresh round of sanctions that will effectively...

‘Kattar Hindu Ekta’: Persecution of Muslims has defaced ugly face of secular India

The Delhi Police in its supplementary charge sheet have made startling revelations. The 2,695-page ‘Delhi Police’s report points out that the RSS goons created...

Op-ed: Banning TikTok will do more harm than good

In a move that came as a shock to many – but perhaps also as a relief to others– the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA)...

Op-ed: Weakening the military will weaken Pakistan to its core

Recently, there is an uptick in the national and international campaign against Pakistan’s military, regarding the politicization of the military by different political forces,...

Op-ed: Saudi, UAE have replaced religion with nationalism for legitimizing government

Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin...

Violence against women: Who is responsible?

In a country where women constitute an estimated 50% of the population, and the society is rocked by ever increasing incidents of violence against...

‘A military is only for war’: In response to Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, former Professor of Physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, is a distinguished Pakistani academic and a prominent public intellectual. He has...

The RSS’s surreptitious censorship of syllabus: An effort to distort history

Under the RSS’s influence, syllabi in several states have been surreptitiously altered to accommodate pro-Hindutva material. India’s Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr....

Demographic change: The constant Kashmiri fear

August: a month of powerlessness and repression, has indeed been unwieldy for the people of Kashmir valley since 1947. A year ago, on 5...
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