Karachi affair: why has a French court convicted three former government officials?

A Paris court has found three former French government officials and three others guilty on charges involving kickbacks from arms sales to Pakistan and...

EU and US talks against China: EU diplomatic chief

The EU's chief diplomat on Monday called for Europe and the United States to launch talks aimed at forging a common transatlantic front against...

Pentagon surplus handouts stoke the militarization of US police

When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed,...

America faces not one but two pandemics

America is being ravaged by not one, but two, pandemics and both have a lot in common. Both are invisible, equally widespread, mutate in response...

Pakistanis heartbroken after Sushant Singh commits suicide

A score of Pakistani celebrities have taken up the matter of mental health and depression after the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. While Indians...

Tracing the roots of Hindutva & Modi’s BJP party

Modi is not wrong in heralding the spectre of Akhund Bharat, currently resting in the Reich of Hindutva. He is not wrong in fancying...

The rocky road of US-Taliban peace agreement

It took the Trump administration 17 months to clinch a preliminary agreement with the Taliban – a first step toward ending more than 18...

A closer look at Bollywood star Sushant Singh’s internal struggles & career accomplishments

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide at the age of 34 at his Mumbai residence. The incident plunged the entire Bollywood fraternity into disbelief...

Why lower energy costs don’t trickle down in Pakistan

As energy prices hit new lows in international markets - due to plummeting global demand owing to the Coronavirus - business dynamics in Pakistan...

Mental health during coronavirus: Kashmiri children suffering

Battered by unending violence and in the grip of a deadly pandemic, children in Indian-administered Kashmir are facing growing mental health problems. These mental...

Pandemic modifies US-China power dynamics

The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be the most lethal blow to the western (American) world order. It has exposed the lop-sidedness of the...

Crying over spilt milk: Supreme Court & coronavirus

On the 19th of May 2020, the Supreme Court of Pakistan set aside the Government’s partial economic lockdown claiming that the country should not...