Refugees as stakeholdersTaliban violence against the Afghan state threatens to jeopardise the programme of voluntary repatriation of refugees from this side of the border. The beginning of this week alone has seen multiple a...
Double standards in EgyptEgypt is still an important US ally in the Middle East. That much is understood. Indeed, over the last three decades it has been the recipient of close to $80 billion in military and economic assistan...
Tackling smogIn a welcome first-step, the Punjab Environment Secretary is taking immediate measures to try and tackle smog and air pollution in the province. Steel mill and furnace owners have been directed to ins...
Carnage in Afghanistan“Dear viewers, you are watching the burial processions of our ToloNews journalists Samim Faramarz and ...” but before she could mention the name of her second martyred colleague, cameraman Ramiz Ahmed...
The State’s response to extremist politicsMost Islamist militant groups and networks in this region adhere to the Deobandi-Sunni or Salafist schools of thought. The most prominent among these are Deobandi organization like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,...