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Rashed Rahman

Impassable impasse
Opinion

Impassable impasse

Despite the fact that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf has postponed its much-touted ‘long march’ from September 27,...
Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:10am
‘Secret’ terrorism trials
Opinion

‘Secret’ terrorism trials

On August 31, 2026, the Punjab Assembly in its wisdom chose to pass the Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026...
Updated 08 Sep, 2026 07:24am
Mountains and molehills
Opinion

Mountains and molehills

The brouhaha over incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s medical check-up and treatment in a private...
Updated 25 Aug, 2026 05:45am
Operation Shaban
Opinion

Operation Shaban

The nationalist insurgency in Balochistan is assuming a heightened character that fits in with classic guerrilla war...
Published 14 Jul, 2026 05:00am
Peace at last?
Opinion

Peace at last?

Ostensibly, the US and Iran have ironed out their differences sufficiently to allow the signing of a peace agreement...
Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am
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