The New York Times has announced it will no longer include daily political cartoons in its international edition, weeks after apologising for publishing a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deemed anti-Semitic. The cartoon, published in April, depicted Netanyahu as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind Donald […]
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Sufi politics in Pakistan – III
In the colonial era, the overthrow of local elites by the foreign intruders removed traditional sources of patronage for the Sufis. The British, however, recognised the influence of the Sufi descendants (pirs, sajjadanashins) promptly and manipulated the administrative mechanism to give them control over local communities and large tracts of land. They were also given […]
The political scope of blasphemys
If you think the concept of ‘blasphemy’ is limited to showing contempt for religious practices, ideas, personalities or deities you are wrong – although most of the cases reported in newspapers concern that. Blasphemy covers a wide variety of topics and areas, beyond matters of faith, and includes politics and social values, historical events and […]
Trump sues banks in bid to block Congress subpoenas
US President Donald Trump, along with his family and businesses, on Monday sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them from complying with Congressional subpoenas issued as part of a probe into foreign political influence. The subpoenas — which the Trumps described in their suit as “intrusive and overbroad” — were […]
PSX recovers despite political mayhem
Bears were defeated in Friday’s trading session despite of tension in the political environment as market witnessed major recovery. Market opened positive and touched a high of +362 points as institutional participation was witnessed mainly in the blue chip stocks. Market remained positive throughout the day and closed at 37,131 points level. Positive sentiments in […]
Britain’s May seeks third Brexit vote Friday
The British government said it intended to bring back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third vote in parliament on Friday to avoid a chaotic no-deal divorce from the EU. May’s throw of the dice comes a day after her dramatic pledge to resign in order to persuade her rivals to finally back […]
Is it all a political game in Balochistan?
Balochistan showed great progress during the General Elections 2018 for a number of new political parties were immensely active in the due period mainstreaming to the implementation of a democratic rule over the entire province. Besides this, the province also saw the highest number of independent candidates in the recent elections. The victory party, Balochistan […]