Ertugrul’s Pakistan reception: A manifestation of hypocrisy?
Itching, as per Cambridge lexicon, is the fact of having or producing an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub...
Why did the US press Gen Bipin Rawat into service on India?Â
Through the past three years and more at the pinnacle of the Indian armed forces, General Bipin Rawat acquired a reputation as an outspoken...
US military aid cut carries risk of heightened arms race in Middle East, but how?
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw Patriot anti-missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia is likely to fuel an already brewing arms race. The kingdom...
Faith or Scientific inquiry? Muslim world in disarrayÂ
The power of religious faith to bring solace to the human heart during times of grief is unparalleled. It comforts a grieving mother whose...
Corona pandemic is a gift of neoliberal economics?
First of all, it makes sense to realize that the COVID-19 just did not hit the world from out of the blue. In fact,...
18th Amendment: ‘Devolution of power’ was never their goal?
The continuous conundrum surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered several discussions. Internationally, experts are engaged in multi-faceted deliberations involving the polity of pharmaceutical giants,...
Will PTI be able to roll back 18th amendment?
From time to time a heated debate is stirred around the historic 18th constitutional amendment. It cemented the centre-province bonds, restored Constitution in its...
Pakistan to see fourth wave of Afghan refugees
One cannot condemn an entire nation as ungrateful but as a govt Afghanistan certainly qualifies. Despite all that Pakistan has done for Afghans over...
Pakistan’s judicial mind thinks ‘justice rushed is justice crushed’
Where white collar crime is involved, the much-revered common law seems helpless. Onus of proof is on the accuser while the accused has several...
The world failed to prepare itself against zoonotic dieases despite warnings
In a public health policy note of the World Bank Connecting sectors and systems for health results and published in 2012 – well before...
Covid-19 outbreak & the future of pandemics
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has become the articulate, compassionate political face of government competence in fighting a pandemic. That’s quite an achievement for a...
Muslims in west open their hearts to help poor, celebrate Ramazan in unique ways
Shariq Siddiqui | Many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims are experiencing the holy month of Ramadan differently this year – disrupted by social distancing...