Anti-establishment narrative: Short term gains at a cost too high

No two opinions that we are in the grip of one of the harshest inflation which has made a decent living for many a...

How do new local bodies laws compare to Charter of Democracy?

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has indicated that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will create a new Charter of Democracy tomorrow. Talking to reporters after the eleven-party...

Justice Faez Isa Case: Can a public servant be questioned about his spouse’s assets?

Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah unveiled their dissenting notes in Justice Faez Isa case a few days ago. Both judges have...

Iraq’s pro-Iran factions see smoother sailing with Biden at helm

Iraq's pro-Tehran factions have welcomed Joe Biden's election as US president, alarming officials and activists in Baghdad who fear a US-Iran de-escalation could empower...

Why is UN nowhere to be seen in Afghanistan?

Problems, deficiencies, carnage of unarmed civilians; this is what Afghanistan is brimful of. Wherever the eye looks, nothing is visible but a situation clamoring...

A timeline of fighting in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region of Azerbaijan mainly inhabited by ethnic Armenians and backed by Yerevan, has been the scene of deadly clashes since late...

Iran’s Rouhani says Biden win a chance for US to compensate for mistakes

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said the next US administration has an opportunity to "compensate for its previous mistakes" following Joe Biden's victory...

Muslim persecution in India disguised under fake ‘encounters’

Fake encounters in several Indian states are an everyday phenomena.  However, they remain out of media attention, being camouflaged by a slew of draconian...

Saudi rulers congratulate Biden over US election

Saudi Arabia's king and its powerful crown prince Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US presidential election, state media said, a day after...

Three Indian soldiers killed as rebels fight in occupied Kashmir

Three Indian soldiers and three suspected rebels were killed in fighting near the de facto Kashmir border with Pakistan, the army said Sunday, in...

Azerbaijan captures Karabakh town of Shusha

Azerbaijan said Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the...

Ethiopian-Tigrayan conflict: Political challenges for the Horn of Africa & beyond

Ethiopia, an African darling of the international community, is sliding towards civil war as the coronavirus pandemic hardens ethnic fault lines. The consequences of prolonged...