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It has been five months since the government of India slammed Kashmir and more than eight million of its residents into a lockdown, isolated from most of the world and…
A few days ago US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper held bilateral talks with their Indian counter parts dubbed as two-plus-two ministerial dialogue and…
It has been more than four months since the people of Kashmir in the Indian administered region have been placed under heavy armed lockdown, with all communication to the outside…
Nothing coming out of India seems to surprise me lately. After the reported arbitrary arrests of Muslims in some states tending to their cattle business, to the mob lynchings that…
On the morning of September 1, in the “Hamid Mir Show” aired on the newly launched GNN TV channel, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, a top PPP leader denied outright the allegation…
October 27th, 1948, is forever scarred in the collective minds of the Kashmiri people as the day they became occupied. And more recently the arbitrary abrogation of Article 370 of…
What is happening in both Kashmir and Assam is an attempt to change the demographics in favour of Hindus. Kashmiris fear the government’s real plan in wiping out their autonomy…
My recent articles on Kashmir have evoked a wide range of responses that keep trickling into my mailbox. The majority seems to be in agreement with my alarm at the…
For the last two or three months the country has been in the grip of commotion. On the one hand, we had the news of the martyrdom of Pakistanis due…
What so-called democracy in the world invades a disputed territory that has enjoyed autonomy for decades with tens of thousands of heavily armed troops, arrests local leaders, enforces a complete…
No politics or current topics today, but some recently published books of interest. The first is titled ‘Hasil, La-Hasil’ (Gainful, Fruitless Efforts) written by Capt (r) Liaquat Ali Malik. After…
Last 19 years annual reports of the Berlin-based global watchdog — Transparency International — show corruption at its peak in Pakistan during General Musharraf’s tenure but the PTI government’s probe…
Here is something that really happened – extremely useful from both religious and health points of view. It is claimed that by following this practice in letter and in spirit,…
Last week I received a beautiful message from Munawwar Rana, who left Allahabad and migrated to Pakistan. It contained the feelings of a refugee (like me) who left what now…
Pakistan has four neighbours — Afghanistan, China, India and Iran. Following the country’s borderline, this way of looking at Pakistan’s immediate neighbourhood leaves a gap: the Line of Control, or…
Last week I went to Karachi – the city of lights – my city. There I met a number of well-known, successful industrialists who have been a pillar of strength…
On March 10, the Indian Election Commission announced that it would conduct the next national general elections over a period of more than six weeks beginning on April 11. Polling…
There are billions of people on earth connected through a network of humanity, compassion and care. Dormant but thankfully much less visible are the base instincts of violence and the…
Prime Minister Imran Khan acted like a statesman while dealing with the latest Indian aggression and responding to it with the sole objective of achieving peace without compromising on the…
Though the Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has released Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan as a “peace gesture” to India, unfortunately there is no de-escalation in tension between India and…
A friend of mine told me how he had once checked his mother into a local hospital, and as all the private rooms were reserved, his mother had to occupy…
Miracles can happen – and that too in various forms. Sometimes they occur without warning while on other occasions we have to wait and pray for them for a long…
Change is inevitable – it affects people as well as countries. What Pakistan is today is not what it was in 1947, the time of its birth; or what it…
At Kahuta, we were not only a team of colleagues, but all part of one family. We were all working towards one goal: to make nuclear weapons (and later, a…
A ray of hope was raised in the last month of 2018 for peace in Afghanistan. This ray of hope can become a beacon of light in 2019 if the…
The whole of the Islamic World recently celebrated the birth of our Holy Prophet (pbuh). The enthusiasm, warmth and religious fervour seen in the public was exemplary. The government also…
In a widely-read book, The Idea of India, historian Sunil Khilnani explained why India had taken the route towards impressive political development. The Indian system was impressive since it accommodated…
Prime Minister Imran Khan during his maiden visit to the ministry of foreign affairs while sharing his vision in the domain of foreign relations with the concerned officials also emphasised…
Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the blessed month is the cause of much reflection upon the year that has passed and reaffirming of positive intentions for…
As a rule wealth that is stolen is gleefully plundered once again by those left behind. Saddam Hussain’s famous palace, Muammar Gaddafi’s gold dinner sets, Hosni Mubarak’s billions of dollars…
