Nijjar’s killing
The year 2023 has witnessed an historic low in the diplomatic relations between Canada and India. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusation of the Indian government’s involvement in the fatal…
Killing fields
Authoritarianism breeds violence, and revels in its use as a weapon of fear, division, and terror. The Republican Party in its white supremacy incarnation now holds firm to an absolutist…
Sanctions of mass destruction
In a recent interview Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi sought the West’s “mercy and compassion” to help millions of Afghans. David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme,…
The real weapons of mass destruction
Sorry, wrong number. That is exactly what Tony Blair said when confronted with the Chilcot report on going into a war on Iraq based on the WMD (weapons of mass…
The Hazara killings
One of the first things one realizes about Pakistan is that its population lives in different eras. A tiny minority is attuned to the latest trends in New York and…
Killing Soleimani: Trump acted where other US leaders saw big risks
President Donald Trump did Friday what previous presidents did not dare to do - eliminate a top Iranian general who aggressively expanded Tehran’s power while obstructing US efforts across the…
Anwar Congo and the act of killing
Imagine a killer – rather a mass killer – being enthusiastic about re-enacting his crimes: kidnappings, tortures, strangulations, and dumping of the dead bodies, and all that with a sense…
Killing growth
The sizeable gatherings and rallies of students carrying red banners which took place in most major cities in the country last Friday are a reminder of the 1970s and times…
Targeted killing of Hazaras
IT’S very hard to find a single household of the Hazara community in Quetta that has not been victimised by targeted killing. It is a caged community, owing to their…
The Pulwama massacre
India once again displayed brutal use of state force in Indian-occupied Kashmir, with the occupying forces using lethal weapons and dirty tactics to repress and terrorise the people of Kashmir.…
