Thirty years after mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites —…
The US government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include "homegrown violent extremists," according to official documents seen by Reuters.…
The US government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include "homegrown violent extremists," according to official documents seen by Reuters.…
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the long-awaited national security policy yesterday, focusing on the operational aspects of governmental response to the threat of violent extremism. Much of what…
This year's Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrations brought along a pleasant surprise. Like in the good old times, the day passed off peacefully with the faithful taking out celebratory processions in different…
Doubts about the 2013 general election being held at all are likely to be entertained till the ballots are actually cast, but a more worrisome question is as to what…
There are two ways of effecting a change in a society: from top to bottom or from bottom to top. Conventionally, it has been believed — and development and political…
A former Afghan journalist I once ran into in China – one who gave up a comfortable life in the Gulf to return to Afghanistan when the Taliban were toppled…
In the first part of my keynote address titled ‘From extremism to toleration’ at the 10th Ayaz Melo in Hyderabad, I discussed the various types of extremism such as cultural,…
The general belief is that no one is indispensable in this mortal world. But in my humble opinion, there are definitely exceptions to this general rule. Had Jinnah (our Quaid-e-Azam)…
