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Biden: his time? – Mahir Ali
NOT long after being sworn in at midday local time today in Washington D.C. as the 46th president of the world’s most powerful country,...
Violence & Afghan peace talks By Zahid Hussain
THE two women judges shot dead in Kabul last Sunday were the latest victims of the targeted killings that have swept Afghanistan amid the...
Police & prosecution By A.G. Noorani
IN the course of the election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi warned the police, especially the Central Bureau of Investigation,...
Dial M for Moussavi – Fahd Husain
HE’S the flavour of the month for all the wrong reasons. Which is exactly why one Mr Kaveh Moussavi has been so successful...
‘Ugly Americans’ – Mahir Ali
THE Ugly American is the title of a 1958 novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick. It is a lightly fictionalised account of US...
Legacy of hate and divisions By Zahid Hussain
THE spectacle of a violent mob ransacking the citadel of American democracy demonstrated the ugly face of Donald Trump’s far-right populism. It was the...
Who dare blackmail? – Fahd Hussain
WINNING is everything. Right?
Prime Minister Imran Khan stepped on to the stage late morning on Friday to deliver what appeared to be a routine...
Right to protest By A.G. Noorani
RECENT events in India have brought to the fore the dimensions of the right to protest, which is itself absolute except in cases of...
Twilight zone – Mahir Ali
IN less extraordinary times, the certification of electoral college votes on Capitol Hill is little more than a formality. Today, however, the usually...
Kashmir’s future By A.G. Noorani
HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq...