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Hussain H ZaidiThe News International |
The political history of Pakistan may well be written in terms of a tug-of-war between the judiciary and the executive, with each accusing the other...
In the age of information, the media has emerged as one of the most powerful pillars of society. The media not only presents facts but also shapes the...
In 2023, India replaced China as the globe’s top-populated country. Having peaked at 1.413 billion in 2021, the Chinese population contracted the...
The 27-member European Union (EU) seems to be in a dilemma, as it seeks to balance its relations with Beijing and Washington. The more the...
Afghanistan’s new Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a codification of the existing rules, marks a continuation of the...
Plato’s dialogues are widely regarded as incomparable with regard to both philosophic depth and literary merit. The dialogues typically portray...
Recent weeks have seen grave unrest in Bangladesh, with students going on a rampage against quota allocation for government jobs. Since 1972,...
In history, three thinkers have done more than any other to shock the world. The first was 16th-century astronomer Copernicus, who refuted the...
After the inauguration of Narendra Modi’s third term as India’s premier, the key question doing the rounds is whether his reduced parliamentary...
Although it couldn’t prevent Narendra Modi from winning a third back-to-back term, the opposition in India has done a creditable job by cutting him...
Does the tiff between the United States and China prefigure a return to the politics of the cold war era (1945-89), which divided the world into two...
Having been on a roll for more than seven decades, the liberal world order seems to have entered its sunset period. The obituary of the liberal order...
As if it were ordained by providence, the fate of the world is settled by a show of strength between great powers. The cold war era (1945-89) was...
Whenever the economy is up the creek, as at present, messages start doing the rounds that if each Pakistani shuns foreign products and buys only...
At the start of every political cycle, the new government is confronted with the choice between letting the economy move on the beaten track and...
Is populist leader Imran Khan’s recent letter to the IMF a malicious ploy to push a cash-starved Pakistan on the brink of default? Or is it an...
One of the unintended, yet predictable, outcomes of the rise of the PTI is that it has allowed the PML-N and the PPP, which remained at daggers drawn...
The rise of political and religious extremism is the most conspicuous development that has come about in Pakistan in recent years. Both these...
Arguably, the most commonly used disparaging word in the political lexicon of the day is ‘ladla’ -- loosely translated as the apple of one’s...
As the nation gears up for national elections, the question that dominates media and political discourse is: which party will carry the day? Will it...