Conform or confrontOn the eve of New Year, the US president Donald Trump’s tweet regarding Pakistan took the discourse of war on terror to a new height and plunged the US-Pakistan relations, possibly, to an abyss. Our f...
Conflict in South Asia’s peripheriesThe ongoing political crisis in Balochistan is one of the multiple conflicts in South Asia’s peripheries. A cursory look at them across different states in the region will highlight a geographic reali...
Smoking addictionSir: Smoking is common in adults and even children are engaged in this menace. According to a report by the World Health Organsation (WHO), smoking in Pakistan has increased by thirty percent over the...
Justice for ZainabSir: The grizzly reports about the rape and murder of seven year old Zainab in Kasur have shocked the nation. Riots have broken out in the district as people look for ways to vent the rage and grief t...
Justice for ZainabSir: A seven year old girl’s body has been found in a garbage dump in Kasur. Forensics have revealed that the girl had been raped and then strangled. This is the most shocking news I have seen on tele...
Justice for ZainabSir: In Kasur, seven year old Zainab was kidnapped violated. Later she was brutally murdered. People have taken to the streets to protest against this incident. People have thronged the police station...
Justice for ZainabSir: The brutal and shocking rape and murder of seven year old Zainab is shameful news for our country. Her body was found in a garbage pile in near Kashmir Chowk on Wednesday. She was resident of Kas...
Justice for ZainabSir: Hearing about the recent tragedy in Kasur has filled me with grief. My mind is out of control. How can a person subject a child to such cruelty? This is not the first time that a child in Pakista...
It’s a warThe over 16-year war in Afghanistan has involved Pakistan, the US and Afghanistan and is still continuing. When will it end? Lord Palmerston of Great Britain put it beautifully, “In international rela...
Myth of judicial independenceAsghar Khan, who breathed his last on January 5, 2018, wanted to see Pakistan become a real democracy. Though he made some incorrect political judgments that helped derail the democratic process, he w...
Asghar Khan’s legacyThere are few larger-than-life figures in Pakistani history. Asghar Khan was one of them. He became a legend in his lifetime, a man who had not one but three careers. First, the air force career which...
DRC: an alternate source for conflict resolution?The formation of conflicts over rights, resources, faiths, gender, and responsibilities are natural and have been happening since time immemorial. Conflicts are natural and at no point we can totally...