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A quasi-military regime

At long last, after 22 years of trying to win with the help of the military establishment, when Imran Khan and his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), were brought to power through the rigged 2018 elections by that same establishment, little did he or his..

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

A few years back a few friends had asked me to say a few words on “Why politics is necessary for students”. And this is what I came up with and am sharing it as there is a surge in students’ demands for their rights and the freedom to organise..

Ammad Malik

The Turkish army’s overt military intervention in Syria marked the latest chapter in the Kurds’ century-long history of struggle. The military incursion was preceded by Donald Trump’s much criticised decision to withdraw US troops stationed in Syria to combat ISIS fighters..

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

Censorship and repression are the last refuge of tyrants with shaky foundations. They simply neither have the self-belief nor the acumen to understand that the true strength of any system lies with the people. All they are good at is antagonising the sovereign (the people) and ending up invariably and inevitably being defeated by them. History is testament to this fact..

Uncertainty galore

The dharna (sit-in) by Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his party Jamiat-ul-Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) continues in Islamabad, with fitful attendance/representation by the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)..

Javed Masud

The country today is facing multiple challenges and prospects of a turnaround do not appear promising. The government of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf ..

Ammad Malik

The recent wave of surprise protests1 in Egypt present a rare challenge to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s iron rule. The demonstrations were sparked by videos..

Capitalism’s ‘gift’: climate change

The serious catastrophe looming for the ecosystem and indeed life itself on Earth due to climate change and its effects has finally gripped the imagination of millions throughout the world, especially the youth..

Ammad Malik

Iran’s military intervention in the Syrian conflict and its zealous support for Shi’ite movements in the Middle East are part of a long term strategy through which Tehran seeks to establish a permanent foothold in Arab countries either with a Shi’ite majority..

Rashed Rahman

The 1960s of the last century were a period of social, cultural and political turmoil that changed the world in many ways while failing to change it in other aspects of that generation’s aspirations. It was a period when youth revolted against the values of their parents and elders. In the west, particularly the US, the long period of deprivation beginning with the Great Depression of the late..