Yasmeen Aftab Ali

What is apparent on the face of President-elect Biden’s coming tenure is that relations between Washington and Moscow are going to be on a slippery slope. Relations between both are at the lowest ebb since World War II and need sustained efforts at different levels of interaction to avoid confrontational politics. Besides other flashpoints; Russia’s […]

To make diplomacy work, goals of a state must be clearly defined with relation to other states. Diplomacy uses communicative skills, avoiding military force. Diplomacy helps achieve these goals and also plays a role (if allowed to) in preparing foreign policy decisions. What one sees happening in Pakistan, is the diplomatic initiatives being taken away […]

Despite the fact that the ethical, cultural backgrounds of Muslims from around the world are vastly different, they are all put together in a box. They are discriminated against on basis of their perceived beliefs and names. The Runnymede Trust in its 1997 Report acknowledged that the racism against Muslims goes by without being challenged […]

The 34th Annual General Meeting of HRCP was held on 8th November 2020 in Lahore. Among reports of different chapters, the one that caught one’s eye was of Khyber Pakhtunkwa. (Period September 2019-October 2020. The report was prepared by Peshawar HRCP Chapter and presented by the newly elected Vice President of HRCP KP Chapter Advocate […]

The mammoth crowd showed one thing clearly: how frustrated the common man is with the governance (or lack thereof) by the current political dispensation. The crowds gathered at the stadium way before the opposition leaders made an appearance, and many started leaving even when after hours of wait leaders did not put an appearance. Hamid […]

The walk towards a freer media, a more multidimensional media has not been free of thorns. With the barriers of communication down globally, news travels like lightening. The responsibility of media has increased manifold. There are times media has succeeded in being responsible. There are times it has been horribly irresponsible. Television broke the shackles […]

Justice lays buried under dust and grime in India. Secularism breathed its last. As the vultures swooped down from the red skies to fill their bellies with the carcass of brotherhood, oneness and inclusivity- one religion was declared more equal than the others. Tracing the Babri Masjid dispute; the title dispute arose first in 1885. […]

Mr Shahbaz Sharif in a voice bursting with pride, on floor of the national assembly, commenting on the heinous crime said that the motorway where the crime took place was built by Mr Nawaz Sharif. His party MNAs roared approval thumping their desks. On an intertwining note, opposition used this crime to exchange barbs with […]

Business Recorder in a news item stated that,” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to make legislation for allowing Pakistanis to contest in the general elections who have dual nationality.” This is an interestingly controversial proposition having both merits and demerits. Both need to be carefully weighed before a decision is made. The present legislation […]

How will Harris’s successful election impact American foreign policy? This is important. Biden has made it clear he will not run for President in 2024, even if elected in the forthcoming elections-it clearly means Harris will step in his shoes after his term is up. The California electoral votes will not turn red in all […]