Balochistan’s troubled landscape
The discovery of the bullet-riddled bodies of 20 young men from Punjab within three days in Balochistan has evoked anger, condemnation, and calls for 'revenge', cleaving the ethnic divide in…
Partition and the ‘other’ Sindhi
The partition of the Subcontinent is still painful for millions across the border. They still remember the loss of homes and places they were born and lived in. Millions suffered…
We betray our children
It is hard to be not touched by the haunting image of this Syrian boy rescued from the rubble in Aleppo after a devastating airstrike on Wednesday. Since then, a…
The Afghan war
The US is still at war in Afghanistan - not that you’d know it from the presidential election. While the campaign against ISIL (also known as ISIS) in Iraq and…
Abducting social activists
Had last week’s kidnappings of bloggers and social media activists happened in Balochistan, it would have been a non-event. But all five abductions happened in Punjab — and now the…
Determining the enemy
There is confusion over who our enemies are. The narrative pushed forward by the military since Operation Zarb-e-Azb began in 2014 suggests that the extremists and those promoting hatred constitute…
Benazir: leader par excellence – II
The theory propounded by Dr Sachithanandam got credence as proved by later events. Dr Sachithanandam aptly highlighted that "the earliest foreboding surfaced in the backroom manoeuvres by United States and…
Rise of IS
Monday's appalling suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the heart of Kabul highlights the bloody, expanding footprint of the militant Islamic State group in Afghanistan. Despite President Ashraf Ghani’s…
Do Colombia’s FARC rebels have a hidden fortune?
Do Colombia's FARC guerrillas have a multi-billion-dollar fortune from kidnapping and drug trafficking stashed in foreign bank accounts? That question has triggered an explosive debate in Colombia just as it…
Fighting terrorism
"Terrorist trade and experience are passed on from Western masters to their new Muslim recruits. The Mujahideen, Al-Qaida, ISIS - on closer examination, their tactics of intimidation and terrorisation are…
