Opinion OIC conference on Afghanistan The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met in Islamabad on December 19, 2021 to discuss the... Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am
Opinion Slippery slope of descent into barbarism The Sialkot incident in which a Sri Lankan factory manager, Priyantha Kumara, was brutally bludgeoned to death by an... Updated 07 Dec, 2021 06:50am
Opinion Asma Jahangir Conference 2021 — II After the first day’s explosive inaugural session on the judiciary’s role, past and present, the run of sessions... Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am
Opinion Asma Jahangir Conference 2021 — I After a hiatus of two years brought on by the Covid pandemic that forced postponement last year, the Asma Jahangir... Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am
Opinion Let the people speak The situation in the country can only be described as the fortunes of the imposed government of the Pakistan... Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am
Opinion Lull before fresh storms The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government is increasingly hemmed in by problems and issues, all crises largely... Published 09 Nov, 2021 04:48am
Opinion The wages of appeasement Once again, the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has wrested a 'compromise' agreement from the sitting government... Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am
Opinion Trouble all round Trouble has raised its disquieting head, or is looming, on diverse fronts for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)... Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am
Opinion Colonial atrocities: belated reckoning On October 16, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the 60th anniversary of a massacre of Algerian... Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am
Opinion The Chinese Republican Revolution 1911 On October 10, 2021, China marked the 110th anniversary of the October 1911 Republican (Xinhai) Revolution with a... Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am
Opinion Pandora's box The Greek myth of Pandora's box seems to have come true with a vengeance by the revelations gleaned by the... Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am
Opinion Looming clouds on the horizon The old saying about perspective inducing the view whether the glass is half full or half empty applies to the... Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am
Opinion A plethora of issues Although Afghanistan currently looms large in the plethora of issues facing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)... Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am
Opinion Chickens coming home to roost The anticipated uptick in Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist actions after the Taliban takeover of power in... Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am
Opinion Anti-Taliban resistance As the full impact and import of the US-led west’s departure from Afghanistan unfolds, there is no dearth of... Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am
Opinion Chronicle of a debacle foretold The collapse of the Afghan government’s military and security forces in the face of the Taliban offensive in ... Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am
Opinion The ‘peace’ mantra Pakistan’s leaders, civilian and military, have been piping the ‘peace in Afghanistan’ tune for some time now,... Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am
Opinion Bring me news of fresh disasters At precisely the conjuncture when Pakistan is in the process of attempting to recreate a new avatar for itself as a... Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am
Opinion Portents of a disaster foretold For all the apparent angst being displayed by Pakistan’s ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) regarding... Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am
Opinion Water conflicts The reasons for the collapse of the ancient Indus Valley riverine Civilisation are unclear, but most experts are... Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am