Pakistan, Pakistanis, and Hypocrisy
BY A RETIRED ARMY OFFICER — Pakistan and Israel. Two countries of the world founded in the name of religion. Two countries of 1947. Came out of the British Empire.
India-Pakistan Talks: Are Kashmiris Forgotten?
IRFAN RAJA — By modern news standards, COVID-19 deaths fall under “regular news,” but the imprisonment, torture and deaths of innocent Kashmiris are often overlooked by mainstream media. Kashmiris are
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Beyond the Masquerade: The Real Powers Behind the Hollow Crown
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have exposed the real power structures in Britain – now in full destructive, neo-imperial retreat HARDEEP MATHARU: The sight of
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Gandhi and the Claims of Indian Modernity (Video)
Recorded on February 12, 2021, this lecture by AKEEL BILGRAMI, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, explores two related questions on Gandhi: Is there a way to integrate
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Decades of Israel’s Shady Arms Deals
Israel has been exporting arms to the world’s most repressive governments. A new project aims to hold it accountable by tracking these confidential sales. BY SAHAR VARDI — Over the
OPINION on Pak Politics: PPP Has Upstaged PDM
BY AZIZ AHMED — In the autumn of last year, three major political parties along with some minor parties coalesced to form an alliance. They roped in some other small
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Saudis Are Reinventing the Wheel
TARIQ A. AL MAEENA: Last week the Saudi government announced that effective 2024 all government contracts with multinational corporations will cease unless they relocate their headquarters from elsewhere in the
The Changing of the Guard in Washington Has Prompted Change in Saudi Arabia
RASHID HUSAIN SYED: When Donald Trump was at the helm in Washington, with his son-in-law Jared Kushner serving as a senior adviser around Middle East issues, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad
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Iran Embraces Belt and Road
MIRZA ASLAM BEG: The Fundamental Blow has been delivered creating the Magical Realism. Some 45 years back, Prime Minister Bhutto established the Strategic Linkage with China by opening the Karakoram
The Decline and Fall of Donald Trump
MATTHEW WALTHER — The story of Donald Trump’s last days in the White House will never be written. Those in possession of the necessary facts, and those to whom they
OPINION: Imran Khan ‘Our Last Hope’
“Those who don’t want a change in this country (Pakistan), please REFRAIN from reading it.. You will NEVER understand the situations and circumstances!!,” says writer Nimra Najam as lede to
Bloomberg Columnist: “Why I’m Losing Hope In India”
A latest op-ed on India says, “This crisis is different than others we have weathered, that the walls are closing in again, and the opportunity set for India is shrinking,
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