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Defiant grassroots campaign targets Erdogan voters

Undaunted by their underdog status, Turkish activists are trying to bridge the political divide in a grassroots campaign aimed at helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Sunday’s historic election…

A mafia land

When I was much younger in life, I had umpteen opportunities to have left this country, but I resisted the temptation with pride. The opportunities kept coming during later years,…

Attempting to demystify mafia

I only write this article because the most overused term on the media of Pakistan is the word ‘Mafia’. Sheikh Rashid, the Nostradamus of Pakistan, starts and ends his interviews…

Unmasking the ‘Mafias’

Lately the so-called ‘Mafias’ are being increasingly blamed for almost all the ills that the national economy is currently suffering from. They are being particularly accused of hoarding, black marketing…

CIA’s turn to admit to its fiasco

AS far as the Afghan Taliban’s fanaticism is concerned, together with their overwhelming military superiority with their winning guerrilla tactics, there ought to be no surprises at the brigands’ return…

FIA and accountability

Since the enactment of PECA, numerous cases have been lodged under it and there has been a mixed response of courts while treating cases involving cybercrimes. Though the courts generally…

Is the HEC fiasco fixable?

Today (Tuesday, June 8), the honourable chief justice of the Islamabad High Court will listen to arguments for and against the legality of the government’s recent alterations to the character…