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Religious harmony in Pakistan: Tahir Ashrafi
Our dear homeland Pakistan is the most important country in the Islamic world and the first nuclear power in the Muslim world.
For the last...
Stranger in the house – Hussain H Zaidi
Donald Trump’s emergence as the villain of the piece not only for the majority of his compatriots but for other capitalist democracies as well...
Any police reforms? By Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
In January 2018, 27-year-old Naqeebullah Mehsud was murdered by the police in an ‘encounter’ in Karachi. The following year, on January 19, 2019, the...
Secret Indian, global networks behind Machh killings: Tahir Ashrafi
Clerics and religious scholars of different schools of thought while denouncing assassination of 11 Pakistanis in Mach (Balochistan) stated that Indian secret agencies were...
The foreign policy challenge – Part II – Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
Let us briefly look at Pakistan’s main external relationships. Pakistan is fortunate to have a strong relationship with China. It is the world’s greatest...
Year-end yearnings – Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
FEW people in the world have been so consistently betrayed by their leaders, governments, political parties and security institutions as the people of Pakistan....
Harassment and defamation By Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
A culture of harassment is embedded in the foundations of societies worldwide. All over the world, women are faced with workplace harassment, sexual harassment,...
Six-track Kashmir settlement – Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
WHAT is a Kashmir settlement? It should mean the implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir, including the exercise of the right of self-determination....
Nineteen years of 9/11 By Saleem Safi
From the beginning of 2001, Osama bin Laden and his close aides had been talking about the 'Planes Operation' and the coming of...
Climate change and Pakistan By Saleem Safi
Karachi, the city of lights, is the commercial hub and financial capital of Pakistan. Being the backbone of the Pakistan’s economy, it contributes...