Author: dp2021

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.”…

AFGHANISTAN: Unexpected Outcome

BY BABAR CHEEMA: A total and comprehensive victory for America in Afghanistan would have been…

In Turkey: Right of Way for ambulance; a crow goes to school (Videos)

TWO awesome videoclips on Turkey shared with us on WhatsApp:

Drinking India: Alcohol sale a cash cow for some state governments (Video)

Alcohol consumption is said to be widespread and rising in India, across all the states…

COP26 Summit: The Speech the World Needs to Hear

Mia Mottley – Barbados’ prime minister – stole the show at COP26 Summit and what…