NRO: What it was and what it became?
Saleem Akhtar Malik l National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) stands prominently in the cliché ridden Pakistani society. Unmindful of the grammatical connotations, our political jargon has...
India’s Supreme Court denies abortion for 10 year old girl
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of India refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl who is at least 28 weeks’ pregnant. The...
Figuring out the Kennedy assassination part 2
Jacob G. Hornberger | The official story of the Kennedy assassination is that he was killed by a former U.S. Marine, lone-nut, communist assassin named...
Modi revisits Iran ties
M K Bhadrakumar | The decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to depute the minister of transport Nitin Gadkari to represent India at the inaugural...
Dissecting Kabul’s “do more” demand.
Diwan Rayan | The demand by the Afghan government that Pakistan should go after the Afghan Taliban, might seem simple on the face of it,...
Nawaz Sharif: A dictator in disguise
Ahad Tariq | The world witnessed a smooth democratic transition in Pakistan’s Prime Minister Office when Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of Pakistan Muslim League (N) was sworn...
Enough with the VIP Protocols
M Hassan | You want something, you need to stand up for it One of the earliest ads of Zong went along the lines of, “…stop...
New Afghan Policy – Implications for Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Pakistan is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Trump administration’s new Afghan policy – likely to be made public shortly....
Smart people don’t choose their seats randomly
News Desk | Every week I have a coaching session with some of our team members. In the meeting room, we use most often for...
Sinners judging Sinners for Sinning differently
Nawal Amjad | Decades and may be centuries have been spent in trying to draw a line of distinction or differentiation between Law and Morality,...
Figuring out the Kennedy assassination part 1
Jacob G. Hornberger | The Washington Post and Politico recently published two articles entitled “President Trump, Give Us the Full Story on the JFK Assassination” and “How...
The Kurdish Kaleidoscope
Andrew Korybko | The Kurdish “nation” is as diverse as the colors of a kaleidoscope and stands little chance at ever coming together into a unified...