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Jabalia

Who is Hamas? Any child who hasn’t run away THE Jabalia Camp massacre changes everything. We are dealing with a criminally insane entity called Israel backed by a criminally hypocritical superpower. Some…

Party’s over

On August 15, 1947, the day after Pakistan declared independence, the United States established diplomatic relations with us. In 1954, Pakistan entered into a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement with the…

The rules of the ruling class : Part – II

After toppling the elected government of the Iranian prime minister, the ruling classes of the mighty state of America orchestrated another coup – this time in Latin America. In 1952,…

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…

Peace or surrender?

After innumerable delays and amidst uncertainty, the intra-Afghan talks process was kicked off in Doha on September 12, 2020. However, the difficulties surrounding the process have been highlighted by the…

Militaristic delusions

Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing…

War machine

“I SPENT 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business,…

‘Why do they hate us?’

PARAPHRASING Disraeli there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and half-truths. They can be in the form of statements or even questions such as the chorus led by…

Trump and Cuba

US President Donald Trump has taken to pandering to the hawkish Cuban exile community in Florida that supported his bid for the presidency. Addressing a meeting of this community in…

As 2020 Begins

As 2020 begins

We are barely two weeks into the new year, and all hopes of 2020 bringing a measure of peace have faded away. The year has begun with major hostilities between…