Turkish female-only news site fights ‘terror propaganda’ ban

AFP | A news website in the Kurdish-majority Turkish city of Diyarbakir, staffed only by women, has been repeatedly shut down by the authorities over...

The nine contenders for the best picture Oscar

AFP |  From a quirky fairy tale romance to a dark comedy about a murder investigation, via a couple of coming-of-age tales and a horror...

Planned Indian military base stirs Seychelles controversy

AFP | A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favor among the archipelago nation's politicians, but...

Iran acid attack victims find new identity in art

AFP | Massoumeh Attaie does not want to be defined only by the evil that drove her father-in-law to blind her with acid in her...

Pakistan and the US: Together adrift

Salman Bashir | A raft of acerbic public messages has created uncertainty about the course of US-Pakistan relations. Strategic circles in Washington have unleashed a...

The good people of Pakistan! Making a difference!

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | For years I've written about the terrible corruption and loot and plunder which prevails in Pakistan.  About how our leaders have...

Khalistan support leads to dilemma for Canadian Prime Minister

AFP | Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced persistent criticism Thursday over a convicted Sikh extremist's attendance at a Canadian event in Mumbai, nearly a...

What is actually happening in Eastern Ghouta?

Sophie Mangal | Currently, the situation around Eastern Ghouta can only be described as drastic. Jaysh Al-Islam along with Faylaq al Rahman militants are blocking...

The beginning of the Sino-Indian romance?

M K Bhadrakumar | Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has hit the road running, as it were. There isn’t going to be a time lag following...

Analyzing the dynamics of institutional imbalance in Pakistan

Farah Adeed | These are hard days for Pakistan. Pakistan is going to be placed in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-list in June this...

Deterrence and missile defense systems

Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Since the announcement of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review of the United States, Chinese and Russians have shown enthusiasm for the...

Pakistan’s foreign policy: A tale of blunders and missed opportunities

Hamza Liaquat |   The recent FATF episode and vulnerability of Pakistan to international isolation is evident by unexpected moves of the iron brother of Pakistan,...
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