Spotlight: ‘Objectives resolution’ followed in defiance only!: You cannot get away with reneging on pledge made to Allah!
For a start, a word about political parties which have started calling themselves "liberal", a relatively new phenomenon in the country's politics. Do they know what the word implies? Let…
New normals
NAMAZ is the time to take a break from worldly matters to stand before Allah and seek His mercy and guidance. But despite one’s best efforts, thoughts wander to mundane…
Smog and the city
The constitution of Pakistan is an emotionally stirring and beautiful read. Subservient to Allah’s sovereignty, it is a manifestation of the will of the people of Pakistan to establish an…
An icon of the left: Part – I
Those who believe in progressive ideas are leaving us in quick succession. Rahat Saeed – one of the founders of the Irtiqa literary journal and a prominent mobilizer and trade…
Threats and diplomacy: Iran’s dual strategy on Israel
Awaiting Israel’s promised retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month, Iran has balanced threats of a fierce response to any Israeli attack with diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation into…
Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest
After a year of relentless war, Gaza’s olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks.…
Iran’s daring gambit
Far from making Israel’s northern Galilee region inhabitable again – Netanyahu’s rationale for expanding the war into Lebanon – the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and wholesale decapitation of Hezbollah’s high…
Bibi gets the war he wanted
I said and I said, even sneaked it into editorials where the editor has the last say, that Iran would most definitely retaliate even as experts and analysts loaded the…
The clock ticks to Israel’s reply
The panic attack in the crude oil market must have lit up Sleepy Joe’s phone with frantic calls from the Treasury as well as the Pentagon. The sudden spike unravelled…
