Islam in Europe: lessons for Pakistan todayIn the midst of a noisy, angry and even violent election in Pakistan what lessons, if any, can we learn from my latest study, Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity. The following are s...
Who will come out on top? Khan, Sharif or Pakistan?Pakistan goes ballot boxing a mere four days from now. These elections have been marred by terrorist attacks and allegations of interference from the country’s powerful military establishment. Yet, a...
Indian Muslims in the extremist crosshairsAnti-Muslim sentiments have prevailed in India for quite some time. Since Muslims ruled India for centuries, a significant chunk of the Hindu majority bore a grudge against their erstwhile sovereigns....
Another day, another ambush for JibranIn the last couple of days, Jibran Nasir's campaign for PS-111 and NA-247 in Karachi has picked up speed, and alongside it a few very angry mullahs. The human rights activist-cum-lawyer doesn't have a...
Ending the Kashmir conflict once and for allFrom the beginning, Pakistan’s strategic culture has been dominated by Kashmir. In "Pakistan: A Hard Country," Anatol Lieven has called it a single-minded obsession that has defined the army’s "whole...
Votes on religious groundsSir: PPP’s Paid Content/Political Ad for election campaign is being run on media in which they have shown a lady wearing Christian symbol Cross. She talks desperately for asylum seeking due to non sec...
The annals of historySir: In the past, the political science community admired Dr Hasan Askari for his impressive academic contributions. On the basis of my brief acquaintance with him and understanding of his academic ob...
Frequent load-sheddingSir: It has now become an everyday affair in our town that the people have to live in complete darkness for long hours-in absence of electricity. The State Electricity Board seems to be careless and r...