Balochistan — a way forward
AS violence erupted in Balochistan on the 18th anniversary of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s killing, about two dozen unarmed civilian bus travellers and lorry drivers, mostly from southern Punjab, were…
Bond investors bet UK’s Reeves will avoid testing markets at budget
Britain’s borrowing costs have risen before the new government’s first budget, which could open the door to a big rise in debt sales - but investors are not betting on…
The fanfare and hullabaloo
Opposition parties have slammed India’s ban on a new BBC documentary about the Gujarat pogroms of 2002, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the new chief minister of the state, having won his laurels…
Villain of the piece
A news item in Dawn’s issue of Oct 13 wasn’t really needed. It informed the readers that Britain had decided to send two naval ships and surveillance aircraft to the eastern Mediterranean to “support Israel and…
Gated disasters
AS palace intrigue around the person of Shahbaz Gill takes centre stage, the combination of gruelling economic hardship and monsoon rains continue to suck the life out of millions of working people across the…
No appetite left
EVEN death is losing its appetite. It cannot digest any more casualties in Gaza. The United States should take apart the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. and use its stones…
Can speech be free?
WHAT goes around comes around, they say. So when the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad was cobbled together, first to deny Benazir Bhutto’s government a clear majority back in the 1988 election…
What the far-right won’t tell you -Part – IV
Socialists say that the far right may talk about two tiers of the police system but tends to ignore the invisible social apartheid that prevents poor white people from joining…
What the far-right won’t tell you: Part – II
Today Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Gurkhas as well as other people from other British colonies constitute the vast majority of immigrants in the UK. Among these colonies, India’s role was…
How democracy was derailed — Part – II
As discussed in the previous article in this series (published on April 21), the imposition of Section 92A and dismissal of the Bengal Assembly was a body blow to democracy.…
