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Rashed Rahman

On the verge of peace?
Opinion

On the verge of peace?

Indications from both sides of the US-Iran war point to progress towards an interim agreement to bring about a...
Updated 26 May, 2026 06:37am
Cuba next?
Opinion

Cuba next?

The US is intensifying its long-standing campaign of collective punishment of the Cuban people for daring to resist...
Updated 19 May, 2026 06:34am
Human rights missing
Opinion

Human rights missing

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP’s) annual report on the state of human rights in the country is...
Updated 08 May, 2026 08:38am
No war, no peace?
Opinion

No war, no peace?

Not entirely unexpectedly, the first ever face-to-face interaction in Islamabad between the protagonists of the Gulf...
Published 14 Apr, 2026 02:25am
A new form of imperialism
Opinion

A new form of imperialism

Most commentators have puzzled over what is the end objective of the US-Israel war on Iran. That war has thrown the...
Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:00am
New world disorder
Opinion

New world disorder

In just one year of his second term as US President, Donald Trump has shaken the so-called ‘rules-based...
Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am
Might is right
Opinion

Might is right

The world owes a vote of thanks to US President Donald Trump. If this sounds surprising given what Trump has been up...
Published 14 Jan, 2026 05:56am
Six accords and a hangover
Opinion

Six accords and a hangover

Bangladesh and Pakistan have been estranged ‘brothers’ off and on since East Pakistan broke away with Indian...
Published 26 Aug, 2025 05:32am
Israel’s ‘Vietnam’?
Opinion

Israel’s ‘Vietnam’?

Israel’s Gaza takeover plan has aroused a great deal of froth and indignant verbiage at the UN and in many...
Published 12 Aug, 2025 03:12am
Decapitating PTI?
Opinion

Decapitating PTI?

On July 31, 2025, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Faisalabad sentenced over 100 leaders and workers of the Pakistan...
Published 05 Aug, 2025 05:37am
Israel’s expansionism
Opinion

Israel’s expansionism

In the convoluted and strife-ridden terrain of the Middle East, one fact remains constant and easily discernible....
Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:37am
Taliban regime recognition
Opinion

Taliban regime recognition

History is subject to strange twists and turns. One such is the decision by Russia to recognise the Afghan Taliban...
Published 08 Jul, 2025 06:15am
Rogue states
Opinion

Rogue states

The US-led west has created new forms and methods of exercising its hegemony over the rest of the world. The ...
Published 01 Jul, 2025 06:05am
Back from the brink
Opinion

Back from the brink

Pakistan and India have managed to break out of the escalatory cycle that began on the night of May 6-7, 2025 after...
Updated 13 May, 2025 07:39am
No lessons learnt
Opinion

No lessons learnt

Pakistan is a unique country in which the authorities seem incapable of learning from past experience. Here we are...
Updated 11 Mar, 2025 06:07am
The Kurd struggle
Opinion

The Kurd struggle

The Kurds are a people divided between four countries: Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. This reflects the fact that...
Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:09am