UN report on Khashoggi: Crown Prince Salman in hot waters
Imran Jan | A six month long investigation by the UN special reporter, Agnes Callamard, on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, has resulted in compiling...
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
Benjamin Neimark | The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks...
Why Donald Trump is putting the US into a corner on Iran?
Natasha Lindstaedt | After Iran shot down a US drone that allegedly entered Iran’s airspace, Donald Trump signed new sanctions against Iran on June 24, including against...
Attempted Coup in Ethiopia – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | A "hit squad" led by Amhara's security chief Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige burst into a meeting in the state offices of...
Nuisance minefields of PML-N – Dr. Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | In 1981 Mian Nawaz Sharif was inducted as Finance Minister in the Punjab Government. According to the then Governor Lt....
Bilawal Bhutto’s Fiery Budget Speech: Opposition’s Attempts to Escape Accountability?
News Desk | Criticizing the newly-formed Commission of Inquiry to investigate how the former two governments had obtained and utilized foreign debts for the past...
Will Akhtar Mengal’s BNP stay in working relationship with PTI?
News Analysis | Mengal’s six-point agenda includes recovery of missing persons, implementation of the National Action Plan, implementation of six percent quota for Balochistan in...
British arms sale to Saudi Arabia unlawful – future implications
Riccardo Labianco | The British government’s transfer of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition engaged in armed conflict in Yemen, was deemed...
Why plants don’t die from cancer?
Stuart Thompson | Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. The 1986 nuclear disaster, recently brought back into the public eye by the hugely popular TV...
US credibility dented in Iran standoff – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | The US President Donald Trump’s reported decision abruptly to call off military strike against Iran which he’d previously ordered, highlights the...
When common good became uncommon – Dr Farid A Malik
Dr Farid A Malik | On August 14, 1947 Pakistan started off well, common good was on everyone’s agenda. Jinnah the first Governor General died...
Battle for survival – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | The past few weeks have been exceptionally revealing for Pakistan’s politico-legal paradigm. In the days following the month of Ramazan, Hamza Shahbaz’s...