Politics Of Delusions: The Left’s Curious Romance With The Populist Right In Pakistan
The famous Marxist, late Meraj Muhammad Khan, once told me that he wept when Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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US Affirms Pakistan’s Right To Defend Itself From Terrorism
Responding to a question on Pakistan’s indications that it might strike terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan, US State Department Spokesperson ...
Mussolini to Meloni: Understanding How Europe Found Its Way To ‘Neo-Fascism’
"A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism" – with these words Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels begin ...
Unequal Cities
For some years my life has been split between New York and Rawalpindi. While living in two places can make ...
Mingling Of The Oceans: A Pedagogical Strategy To Check The Violence In Our Times
Prince Dara Shikoh was the crown prince of the Mughal Empire and son and heir of Shah Jahan, ruler of ...
Imran Khan’s Rhetoric And The Politics Of ‘Jihad’
The political use of religion has proved to be a highly divisive force in our short history of 75 years. ...
Court In Mathura Admits Hindu Activists’ Petition Barring Muslims From Entering Historic Mosque
Hardline Hindu nationalist outfits have petitioned courts in Uttar Pradesh (UP) state, calling for Muslims to be prevented from entering ...
How Imran Khan Leads a Cult Modeled In The State’s Own Image
Pakistan grapples with yet another leader who refuses to settle for anything but power. The ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan ...
Shireen Mazari Waded Into TLP Waters
Pakistani analyst Nadeem Farooq Paracha (NFP) recently shared a tweet by the former Federal Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari, ...
Binaries Of Good And Evil: Will Imran Khan Spare Parliamentary Democracy?
Allama Iqbal was convinced that an elected parliament could perform the function of Ijtihad (creative interpretation of Islamic law) in ...
How Accurate Is It To Compare PM Imran Khan’s Agenda With That Of General Zia-ul-Haq?
Many detractors of Prime Minister Imran Khan have been accusing him of following General Zia-ul-Haq's policies. They claim that extreme ...
US Democracy Brought To The Brink
It seemed like a scene from Paris of 1789, when an angry, unruly mob stormed the Bastille prison and freed ...
While Bollywood Toes The Hindu Nationalist Line, South Indian Cinema Takes Up The Real Issues
India’s versatile Bollywood industry has not only entertained people but has also worked as a powerful medium to broadcast social ...
The Social Media Storm From The T20 World Cup Is The Latest Lesson For Pakistan To Not Be Like India
After India’s defeat by Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, Mohammed Shami, the only Muslim player in the Indian cricket ...
LHC Seeks Response From Punjab Government, Police Over Transgender Individual’s Petition Citing Discrimination In Employment
A writ petition filed by a transgender citizen Ashi Jan has led to the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a ...
Who Is Glenn Beck? Social Media Debate Erupts Over ‘Islamophobic’ US Right-Wing Icon’s Praise For Pakistani Assistance
After far-right US radio host Glenn Beck took to Twitter with words of praise for the role played by Prime ...
About Time Pakistan Established Transgender Persons’ Right To Education
Widely considered as the greatest and the oldest democracy, the framers of the United States of America (USA)’s constitution never ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Federal Govt Aims At Culminating Autonomy Of HEC
Despite facing hindrances from all the stakeholders of...
Politics Of Agitation
In 1920, Gandhi launched his Non-Cooperation Movement against...