The black gold at Thar – Farid A Malik

Farid A Malik | On August 14, 2018, I stood at the base of Pakistan’s first open-pit coal mine to touch the black gold hidden...

What is the future of PTM?

Ahsan Hamid Durrani | There is no denying to the fact that the Pashtuns as an ethnic group has suffered the most at the hands...

Islamophobia: An age-old smoldering volcano

Abdul Rasool Syed | The blatant display of savagery by the assailant in the Christchurch attack that claimed precious lives of fifty peaceful Muslims engaged...

Pakistan – An Unseen destination

Hadi Pirzada | Pakistan is an unseen and undiscovered destination by both the international world and the local travelers. The hospitality and tourism sector offers...

The agenda behind US recognition of Golan Heights as Israel’s Territory

Sabtain Ahmed Dar | While the Muslim countries are divided over the Zionist instigated conflicts in the Middle-East, Israel is slowly and steadily through Unites...

Democratising Pakistan: Need for an inclusive public discourse

Farah Adeed | The quality of democracy is to a reasonable degree linked with the quality of public discourse in a given society. As the...

India raises the ante in proxy terrorism in Baluchistan – Jan Achakzai

Jan Achakzai | In the run-up to Pakistan National Day, there have been serious security incidents including a terrorist attack claiming six lives of Levis...

Who would win India’s $5b election?

Amjed Jaaved | Some 814 million voters speaking 1,652 languages will vote in 900,000 voting centres across India over 35 days in the upcoming national...

Pakistan, Afghan Peace and India – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | After almost two decades the US-led NATO intervention in Afghanistan aimed at eradicating the Taliban had no end in sight. US President...

Punjab, Sindh continue to evade police reform

Abdul Rahman Malik | The police remain one department that is oft-criticised by almost every segment of our society. A lot is desired of the...

Naya Pakistan: sowing the seeds right

Dr Kalsoom Sumra | The incumbent government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has so far lived up to its promise of following an anti-status quo...

The battle for leadership of the Muslim world: Turkey plants its flag in Christchurch – James M Dorsey

Dr. James M Dorsey | When Turkish vice-president Fuat Oktay and foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became this weekend the first high-level foreign government delegation to...