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With inflation rate hovering around 25% and frequent escalation in the prices of petroleum products, gas, electricity and other essential items,...
In 1947, the UN approved Palestine partition plan and in 1948 Israel was admitted as a member of the UN. But, it should be known that in the UN...
The myth of Israel’s invincibility, owing to its missile defense system known as the Iron Dome and American President Joe Biden’s 'ironclad'...
When on October 7 last year, Hamas struck Israel with a surprise attack, the Jewish state was gripped with fear and panic because after years of...
Another case of blatant nepotism and violation of merit occurred on March 25, when the Principal of Aitchison College, Lahore, Michael A Thompson, an...
The province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is highly vulnerable to organised waves of violence and cross-border terrorism as reflected in the recent...
On the eve of Indian elections, the Modi regime notified rules of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In December 2020, the Indian...
Donald Trump was never a dead horse. Having faced defeat in November 2020 presidential elections, he still refused to accept that he had lost to...
“This is a historic day. Sweden will now take its rightful place at NATO’s table, with an equal say in shaping NATO policies and decisions. After...
On February 22, 1974, on the occasion of second Islamic summit held in Lahore, Pakistan made a historic decision to recognise Bangladesh as Dhaka was...
S ecurity issues — ranging from the sustained war in Ukraine, Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinians of Gaza, growing Sino-American schism...
F or the third time in its political history, Pakistan finds itself stuck in a dead end after a general election. The first time the country came to...
C hina is the only United Nations member state so far that has granted de jure recognition to the Taliban regime which rose to power in Afghanistan in...
In terms of water conflicts, Pakistan is a unique country because apart from having water issues with India and Afghanistan, it has water conflicts...
At the inauguration of the Ram Temple built in place of the demolished 16th century Babri Masjid, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared:...
I t was South Africa’s determination to prove Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza that it approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The...
The year 2024 in South Asia will lead to formidable changes, transforming the political landscape of the region. With elections in Bangladesh on...
I f India, China and Russia congratulated Sheikh Hasina on securing a ‘landslide victory’ in the January 7 general elections, the US and the UK...
P akistan has long been lacking a leadership that can focus on remedying its fragile economy, political malaise, bad governance, etc to transform the...
F inally, Pakistan is entering the election mode but political parties are still unable to mobilise voters in support of their respective programmes....
W hen in 1948 the world’s first Jewish state came into being on the land of Palestine, its transformation from a nascent state to the world’s...
F ollowing the verdict of Indian Supreme Court whereby it rejected petitions challenging Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act of August 5, 2019 and the...
When the geographical and geopolitical map of South Asia changed following the emergence of Bangladesh in December 1971, India’s dominating role in...
On December 11, a five-member bench of the Indian Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice, upheld the revocation of Article 370 from the Indian...
T here is no letup in the Israeli aggression in Gaza where more than 18,000 people, including several thousand women and children, have been killed...
T he Human Rights Watch has reported that Bangladeshi authorities are carrying out mass arrests of political opposition in a clear attempt to quash...
“L ong term and sustainable ceasefire was key to preventing other states from being drawn into the war. We call for the joint efforts of the...
The ‘forgotten’ citizens of Pakistan stranded in Bangladesh for over half a century have lost hope of returning to their declared country. Living...
In September 1982, around 400,000 Israelis under ‘Peace Now Movement’ demonstrated in Tel Aviv against their country’s involvement in the...
The myth of strategic defiance in the aftermath of the Israeli retaliation to Hamas’s attacks of October 7 was exposed when no Arab-Muslim state...
In late 1970s and 1980s Israel facilitated the creation of Hamas, and in 2023 it wants to eliminate what it calls a ‘terrorist group’ responsible...
Never ever in the contemporary era, such a grave strategic vacuum existed as it does today. Leadership vacuum is deepening despite the presence of the...
Launched in 2013 as the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road,’ and then renamed as the ‘One Belt, One Road...
In his speech he delivered on October 8 at Cedar Rapids IA, former US president Donald Trump said the Biden administration is excelling in three...
Hamas’ unprecedented rocket attack over Israel on October 7 destabilized peace in the Middle East, leading to a head on collision between the...
Ambitious to get a fourth term as Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina’s predicament is a growing opposition to her 15 years of rule and external pressure...
In an unprecedented move to mend fences with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz paid a two-day visit to Riyadh to attend a United...
When non-political forces take advantage of a fragile democracy and control the instruments of power, it leads to the emergence of a deep state. One...
So far, Israel is the only nuclear state in the Middle East, but its monopoly will be broken if Iran is able to go nuclear, which will inevitably be...
Speaking in the House of Common on September 18, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security...
Pakistan stands ready to resolve all bilateral issues and concerns through constructive dialogue so that both countries can reap the dividends of...
Years 2022 and 2023 will be remembered in Pakistan for several strategic miscalculations on the part of those who wield power as well as the...
The 18th summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) concluded in New Delhi on Sunday, September 10, with a resolve to focus its future meetings on inclusive...