Lal Khan

The tiny number of serious strategists and policy makers at the disposal of Pakistan’s ruling elite must be pulling their hair out at the unravelling of the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The recent escalating diplomatic row between the two theocratic regimes has become toxic and can have disastrous consequences in Pakistan with a […]

Indian corporate media and politicians portray India as the world’s “largest democracy,” the “Incredible India” with serene landscapes, glamour of Bollywood, historical architectural wonders, colourful cultures, and a mystical land of ancient religions, civilisations and traditions. Yet there is another India. Beneath the façade of the “Shining India” it is a tragic land immersed in […]

In the last few years the din of ‘corruption’ allegations by political and media pundits, day in and day out, has perplexed the ordinary people of this wronged land. The stark reality is that corruption has become a way of survival in present day Pakistan, and the masses are wary of the mock proclamations of […]

The South African ruling party African National Congress (ANC) suffered a serious defeat in the recent local elections throughout the country. The ANC nationally received 53.9 percent of the vote; the Democratic Alliance polled almost 27 percent, while the Economic Freedom Fighters’ party on the left polled 8.2 percent of the vote. The ANC lost […]

Narendra Modi’s speech at Delhi’s Red Fort on the 70th anniversary of India’s independence and the bloodied partition has amounted to nothing but rubbing salt in the wounds of the Kashmir youth and workers who have again and again risen to fight Indian occupation and tyranny. In his rambling, 94-minute speech Modi quixotically ventured too […]

The August 8 harrowing terrorist attack in Quetta has yet again brought to the fore the misery and mayhem in Balochistan. The Islamic State and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack that killed at least 75 people and maimed hundreds. This was a premeditated attack on Quetta […]

As the creeping price hike intensifies the burdens on an already impoverished populace, the ruling classes and their imperialist bosses are all praise for the present capitalist regime. In spite of the praises of the economic policies of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, food inflation steeply increased to 5.5 percent up from June’s 2.3 […]

In reality, it is not only the army that will be cleansed “with God’s gift” to Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, it would be the ordinary Turks that will face the brunt of his revenge and wrath. How far a standing army can be cleansed? Some of the officers involved in the coup were his advisers and […]

The failure of the coup attempt in Turkey last week by sections of the army has been portrayed by some as Recep Tayyip Erdoðan’s victory. The narrative seems to be that it was the mass support for him that led to the coup’s abortion. This is an exaggeration. However, days after the putsch even such […]

Kashmir’s defiance and resistance’s refusal to surrender. Curfew was clamped again on Friday as authorities apprehended fresh protests in the Valley where 36 persons have died, and over 3,100 injured in clashes following the killing of young Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani last week. The current outbreak was triggered when the Indian forces took out Wani […]