US: The nexus between generals and military industrial complex

As Taliban and Kabul government negotiators undergo the compulsory week long Covid-19 induced quarantine, a couple of developments ahead of the impending intra-Afghan negotiations...

China has humiliated India on the Ladakh border by acquiring Indian territory

India was hoping that something positive would come out from the talks between the Foreign Ministers of India and China at Mosco on September...

Of shattered dreams and life-long trauma: Impact of motorway incident

Motorways are thought to be the best and secure means of communication in changing modern civilizations. With change in world dynamics, motorways have come...

Motorway incident reveals years of injustice

There is no way to put into words the grief, horror and anger that people of Pakistan feel at the indescribable rape of a...

Op-ed: After the demise of Benazir, the Charter of Democracy has resulted in dacoity

Nothing happens in the absence of conviction or commission. As the era of conviction and ideology is over, without upfront payment no work is...

Despite disasters, why is DHA Karachi still the place to be?

Pakistan Meteorological Department has confirmed that Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain fell...

Journalism: How a noble profession is disgraced

Journalism, the world over, is regarded as the noblest of professions. Journalists are men and women of reason, wisdom and patience. However, Pakistan’s journalistic...

Op-ed: Pakistan India trade situation

I was recently invited to a (webinar) conference organized by the CRRID (Centre for Rural Research and Industrial Development) management, India, to participate on...

Op-ed: To catch rapists, Pakistanis need to stop blaming and start supporting each other

Reprehensible, deplorable, despicable, extremely repugnant, and totally unforgivable, indefensible, outrageous, and non-compoundable is the offence rape. However detestable it is, it is still an...

Death penalty for rape cases and the rule of law

One culprit, just one culprit undergoing the death penalty, while the whole world watches him meet his well-earned destiny is all it is going...

Op-ed: It is time for Pakistani society to shun discrimination based on skin color

As the effect of the Black Lives Matter movement continues to create ripples throughout the world, there is very little in way of discourse...

Why does India oppose the China-Pak Economic Corridor?

India is a major regional player in Asia and has used this to play as a puppet of the US to counter Chinese influence...
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