For the last 15 years, Balochistan has been experiencing perpetual conflict between Baloch nationalists and Pakistan’s federal governments. The causes and the drivers of this conflict are often debated, with conflicting opinions. One line of thought is that the current situation in Pakistan’s largest province is driven only by the ...

Once he was unwilling to concede his defeat. I heard him, he was whispering in executioner’s ear You, You …… You cannot erase me i will detour your minds and that of your ruler’s to tease them to death. You will cease to exist i will cease to be a ...

ASKED how he would like to be remembered, Lee Kuan Yew, that legendary leader of Singapore, is supposed to have said that he would like to be forgotten. While many amongst us strive to be remembered for our achievements, real or imagined, there are countless others who want to be ...

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. ...

Oh God, I know not what I want! What am I after day and night? Why am I so depressed? What do my tired eyes are wishing to sight? I run away from the gatherings of the friends; alone I stay aloof, and faint! My gaze fades beneath the veil ...

IT is not by accident that the dark forces of bigotry and obscurantism have become stronger than ever in Pakistan. The phenomenon is all too visibly rooted in the government’s acts of omission and commission. The regularisation of madressahs and the reform of their curricula were given top priority in ...

A bronze statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt is to be removed amid an ongoing backlash against symbols of racial bias and imperialism. The statue outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York shows Roosevelt on horseback flanked by a Native American man and an African man. ...

The end of Leopold II PARIS—The first week of European and particularly French and Francophone protests in the wake of the U.S. Black Lives Matter movement concerned parallel police actions against French minorities, including the death on his birthday of Adama Traoré, held down by three French cops in a ...

THE question whether the provinces, or the federating units as they should be called, are subordinate to the federation has been at the centre of one of the more important public debates going on these days. The issue touches upon matters related not only to the future of the federation ...

Modern states, for sure, are presumed to conduct their business by following well-established traditions, rules and clearly defined timelines. Since the advent of 2020, however, Pakistan has also been dealing with a panic-stirring pandemic like the rest of the world. It demands total attention of our rulers. In these extra-ordinary ...