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Anniversaries can be of different kinds, some mere rituals, others more than a mere remembrance of things past. May 9 has already passed into the...
The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our governance system, the left hand...
Of late, the chorus of voices demanding ‘dialogue’ has grown to a virtual crescendo. This is understandable at one level given the serious...
The expected has happened. After Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, 2024 killed seven personnel including three senior...
Perhaps it is appropriate that these lines are being written on April Fool’s Day. What lends this credence is the exchange of letters between US...
The toll of the horrendous terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern suburb of Krasnogorsk has risen to 137...
Normally one tries to focus on one critical issue that appears to be central when sitting down to pen these columns. However, such is the state of...
As could be anticipated, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf’s (PTI’s) protests on March 10, 2024 against alleged election rigging were nullified by the...
The shape of the post-election regime has been more or less settled, with the remaining Presidential election on March 9, 2024 too a foregone...
One cannot really claim with confidence that the storm of dust kicked up by the controversies surrounding Elections 2024 has completely settled....
The 2024 elections have aroused a perfect storm of allegations of gerrymandering, rigging and manipulation of results. Most people, including...
By the time these lines appear in print, the elections will be just two days away. However, what has emerged as one of the most lacklustre election...
As the date for general elections, February 8, 2024, looms, the election campaign scene exhibits some troubling tendencies. First and foremost, the...
After an exchange of missile attacks on alleged Baloch subversive elements in each other’s territory, Pakistan and Iran have been quietly rowing...
The rough treatment meted out to peaceful families of Baloch missing persons by the Islamabad police has placed this and all the related issues...
It is hardly breaking news on the first day of the new (not so happy) year that Pakistan faces a slate of challenges if not crises that seem destined...
The state’s penchant for turning a molehill into a mountain has been on ‘glorious’ display in Islamabad these past few days. The death in the...
The view of most analysts is that Nawaz Sharif is poised to become Prime Minister (PM) for the fourth time as a result of the general elections in...
Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the Israeli hostages for Palestinian...
One and a half months after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, and despite the temporary truce allowing an exchange of...
The ongoing Israel-Gaza war began with the spectacular attack by Hamas into Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas succeeded in knocking out Israel’s...