Year: 2021

Sidebar in Islamabad: ‘Saudi, Iran agree to mend relations’

A local journalist claims a very important secret meeting between Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers…

Covid has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in windfall profits

The U.S. Secret Service is stepping up its efforts to claw back the billions more…

‘Music Scene is Being “Supercharged” in Saudi Arabia’

‘Incredible to see men and women dancing’: Music (is the) beating heart of Saudi Arabia;…

Did Don Quixote Long For Muslim Spain?

Don Quixote is the Saturday Night Live of the Spanish Inquisition. Cervantes roasts everybody, including the Catholic Church…

1971 Events: Sifting Facts From Fiction (Video)

IRSHAD SALIM: December 16, 2021 marked 50 years of estrangement between East Pakistan and West…

India and Pakistan can achieve peace ‘by pieces’

Kanti Bajpai in This Week in Asia has peddled geo-economy first and geopolitics later between…

DHAKA INSIGHT: 50 Years of Dec 16

IRSHAD SALIM: Here’s my 2nd insight (of many) on what some of the factors I…

Jan 6 riot probe: Trump loses challenge

Trump has lost the appeal to block the Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe from getting…

Amid Diplomatic Snub From Some Countries 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Canada joins a growing list of countries planning a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter…

Should Pakistan be ruled by NSC followed by a Presidential system?

Editor’s Note: The following article by Mr. Tariq Khan discusses structural and institutional problems which…

UN chief calls for nukes free Middle East

Can a nuclear or WMD-free zone work in a politically contested and chaotic Middle East?…

In Pakistan Some Extremisms are Worth Strengthening

BY JAVED JABBAR: My first article published on November 1, 2021, juxtaposed “moderate” with “Pakistan.”…