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Re-election to UNHRC

In the middle of October this year, Pakistan was re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which works globally for the promotion and protection of human…

A journey backwards

In August, the PTI government completed its second year in office. The occasion warrants an assessment of its performance. What frightens me as a citizen of this country is the…

Dictating discourse, banning books

On May 10, 1933 – in a revolting incident not witnessed in Europe since the Dark Ages – students in Berlin carted over 25,000 books to the State Opera square,…

Surrender at Faizabad

As distressing as it is the humiliating capitulation of the State before a small religio-political party, Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA), should not be so surprising. It is symptomatic…

Kashmir: an open wound

After the slaughter of millions of human lives as a result of World War I, the League of Nations was created on January 10,1920 to ensure international peace. Later, Lenin…

Does Hunza matter?

This article is by no means a review of ‘Hunza matters’, a book written recently by Hermann Kreutzmann. However, it makes sense to highlight some key aspects of this book…

PIA reforms

No doubt, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was once recognized as the number one airline of the world. Various regional airlines, which received training and infrastructure support by PIA, are now…

The terrain of transformation

As a key concept of social theory, the civil society has remained a Western construct for the most part of our contemporary history of politics and development. My previous article…

Well done, PM

Credit should be given where credit’s due. Credit goes to PM Imran Khan for ordering a probe into the wheat and sugar price rise. Credit goes to Wajid Zia, who…