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Deadlock IT was a strange sight to behold. Islamabad’s Red Zone, one of the most sensitive and jealously guarded areas …

Dacoits on the rampage A REPORT in this newspaper recently laid bare the entrenched network and criminal activities of dacoits …

Creating hurdles A COUNTRY that doesn’t plan ahead always finds itself in trouble. In Pakistan’s case, we’ve made multiple plans …

Petrol subsidy IN yet another attempt to break the deadlock with the IMF for the revival of the stalled $6.5bn …

Troubled waters THE most helpless, poor and frequent casualty of India and Pakistan’s extended antagonism are the fishermen who stray …

Digital backslide A COUNTRYWIDE mobile internet and social media shutdown, ostensibly to quell unrest in the wake of PTI protests …

Manipur violence THE BJP’s passion for identity politics has set off communal polarisation between the mainly Christian Kuki tribespeople and …

Yet another lynching YET another episode of brutal lynching by a mob in Mardan shows how far we are from …

The Power Paradigms Whether it is China or Russia, whether in Ukraine or Middle East, one thing is for certain …

Political Polarisation: A Societal Downfall “The age of cooperation is over. The disagreement runs too deep, the debates are too …

Hindu marriage laws THE negligible implementation of the Hindu Marriage Act, 2017, applicable in Punjab, Balochistan and KP, reeks of …

Goa takeaways NO bilateral breakthroughs were expected between Pakistan and India at the SCO foreign ministers’ conclave in Goa, and …

Shifting blame AS Pakistan sees a resurgence of terrorism, with deadly attacks on law-enforcement personnel taking place practically every other …

Indian media ranking THOUGH India calls itself the world’s biggest democracy, the fact that Reporters Without Borders has placed the …

Profit margin for OMCs FROM the point of view of inflation-stricken consumers, the demand for a 100pc increase in the …

BRICS Currency Plans and the US . Many years ago, I traveled to Rome to savor its glorious past and …

Saudi-Iran Ties and World Peace. Diplomatic relations have been re-established between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two of the most powerful …

Effective Judicial System .  Accept the fact that neither the government nor the judicial institutions in Pakistan have been able …