The other side of politics
For a politician who was brought up in the lap of the powers that be and who rode to power on their coattails, it must be excruciatingly agonizing to see…
For a politician who was brought up in the lap of the powers that be and who rode to power on their coattails, it must be excruciatingly agonizing to see…
In cafés at night, Iraqis were glued to their television screens. Their istikanat of cardamom tea cold, forgotten beneath the undulating smoke of the night’s thousandth cigarette. In living rooms,…
Every four years, the football world cup brings the world together. The euphoric bond transcends religious, ideological, political and time barriers. Messi, Mbappe, Neymar, Benzema and Mohammed Salah, artists in…
The best thing that could have happened to Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, April 11, 2022 is not that he was voted to the office of the prime minister of Pakistan…
The ignominious end to the PTI’s three-and-a-half year rule in Pakistan and its replacement by Imran Khan’s nemesis Shahbaz Sharif as the interim prime minister is a development that no…
Local government elections took place in 32 out of the 34 districts of Balochistan on May 29 after a delay of three and half years. Elections in two districts –…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on 8 June, two days before the budget was presented in parliament: “coalition government has taken some difficult decisions to stabilize the economy. We didn’t…
During the rule of imperial Russia and under the Soviet Union, Russian was the common language of public life in Ukraine. Although Ukrainian had been afforded equal status with Russian in the…
Russia attacked neighboring Ukraine on 24 February 2022 after prolonged concentration of forces on Ukraine borders. As the first major military invasion in Europe after WW-II this has divided the…
From quoting the national anthem to referencing Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, Chinese web users are using creative methods to dodge censorship and voice discontent over Covid…