Rejecting the law of the jungle
The humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in Gaza with a strange sense of impunity lends credence to the belief of those who assert that justice means protecting the interests of…
World watches a genocide in silence
Injustice, tyranny, torture, oppression, repression, fascism, and such other lethal implements, when perpetrated, do not carry the face of the inflictors, but they symbolize a mindset which is gruesome in…
A cause for the world
At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over the course of many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli…
Arab-Israeli conflict through history: Part – I
The Hamas attack on Israel and the consequential bombardment of Gaza by Israel has not only triggered a heated debate over the Palestinian issue but also exposed the hypocrisy of…
A tale of two occupiers
Palestine and Kashmir both have been victims of occupation, global politics, humanitarian crises and ignorant behaviour by champions of human rights. There is no debate on the miseries of Palestinians…
Pakistan, Palestine and the World Court
Pakistan has an important opportunity to support Palestinian rights at the World Court and in doing so to advance key principles of international law that protect human rights globally. In…
The Iran-Saudi pact
The recent rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia has created a ripple of excitement among the people of the region, who have been badly affected by the undeclared cold war…
World Must Stop India From Use Of Rape As Weapon Against Kashmiris
International Community should commit to end India's use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), said experts in a roundtable debate in line of Kashmiri Women's Resistance Day. Legal…
Responding to the terror threat
The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 created a euphoric feeling in Pakistan that a friendly Taliban government had come into power. It was assumed that the…
A look at democracy
Part - I The National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS) at the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad is a rare centre of debate and discussion where one can speak freely. When Prof…
