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Famine in killing fields of Gaza

Famine in killing fields of Gaza

There can be no doubt that the apartheid state enjoys unparalleled impunity to kill, maim and forcefully displace Palestinians.

24.08.2025 90

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Alaska optics win for Putin

Alaska optics win for Putin

Till he arrived in Alaska, Putin did not appear prepared to return any part of eastern Ukraine.

17.08.2025 100

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Alaska summit boon for Bibi?

Alaska summit boon for Bibi?

Netanyahu’s plan looks like an attempt to grab all or most Palestinian land in Gaza

10.08.2025 70

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US game in the region

It would be naïve to assume that ties between global powers hinge on relatively minor issues.

03.08.2025 100

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Patriarchy: women’s torment

Pakistan’s ‘vigour’ in prosecuting cases of crimes against women is another story.

27.07.2025 100

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Genocide keeps Bibi in saddle

The world that rightly said ‘never again’ is tolerating what is happening in Gaza.

20.07.2025 80

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Travel well, my friend Zubeida

Zubeida was long associated with and espoused the causes of the marginalised, whether women or the poor or minorities.

13.07.2025 50

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Ceasefire a relocation ruse?

While the widely quoted death toll of Palestinians stands at around 57,000, some researchers have mentioned far higher numbers.

06.07.2025 60

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Iran, Israel scorecard

Where Iran is concerned, the fact that it survived to fight another day is a win in itself.

29.06.2025 200

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Will Trump join Iran attacks?

One misstep, a misfired missile, or worse still a false flag operation, and boom! the region would go up in flames.

22.06.2025 50

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A catastrophe called Israel

How long can Iran’s arsenal of reportedly 2,000 ballistic missiles last?

15.06.2025 100

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Forlorn Gaza — the world’s shame

The systematic destruction of any and all infrastructure that supports human life is near complete.

07.06.2025 100

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How to build on a win

It is of paramount importance to ensure that there are no chinks in the armour that the adversary can exploit.

01.06.2025 80

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Balance needed to win long war

Had Modi’s pride not been badly mauled, a de-escalation might have come earlier.

25.05.2025 70

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Nakba II to rock Europe, ME

The penny may be dropping but it is already too late for 18,000 children, most of them below the age of 10.

18.05.2025 70

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Peace with dignity

As South Asia heaved a sigh of relief that a nuclear exchange had been averted, what next was the question on many minds.

11.05.2025 100

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On the brink again?

The world is not prepared to react as it used to in the past to charges of Pakistani complicity.

04.05.2025 60

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Can Saudis help reduce tension?

Matters are exacerbated because there appears to be no dialogue mechanism.

27.04.2025 100

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Much hinges on Iran-US talks

A media leak said Trump vetoed an Israeli plan for a joint attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

20.04.2025 200

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Hard state, Sharifs’ foreign visits

A well-informed source said that there was little Nawaz Sharif could do as he has little or no elbow room on Balochistan.

13.04.2025 100

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West, ummah’s lost conscience

Israel has been given a carte blanche to continue with its ethnic cleansing by its main enablers, the governments of the US, UK,

06.04.2025 100

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Mengal march holds promise

The state should be grateful for Akhtar Mengal’s activism as it can facilitate a process which can result in peace.

30.03.2025 70

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NAP it in the bud

It is important for all thinking people in the country, including Balochistan, to come up with concrete suggestions.

23.03.2025 90

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Missing in Baloch conundrum

Anything that allows the militant ranks to swell needs to be addressed.

16.03.2025 80

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Trump’s controlled chaos

Predictably, Pakistan was pleased, relieved, and felt loved by Trump’s message.

09.03.2025 30

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Living in Trump’s world

He wants to run US government and policy as a ‘transactional’ private sector CEO.

02.03.2025 100

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All eyes on Cairo moot

It will become apparent at the summit in Cairo whether Arab leaders are willing to walk the talk on Gaza.

23.02.2025 90

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Zero plus zero equals what?

What is not unpredictable is the Palestinians’ will to fight for the liberation of their land.

16.02.2025 70

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‘Democratic’ ethnic cleansing

There were always going to be three possible outcomes of the Palestinian struggle for freedom.

09.02.2025 80

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Incendiary Gaza plan

‘What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza.’

02.02.2025 80

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Our algorithm-driven reality

The question is whether Pakistan is unique in its attempts to come to grips with social media.

26.01.2025 100

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Gaza’s defiance spurs hope

Today belongs to the Gazans who have sacrificed everything — homes, schools, universities, hospitals, life and limb — to keep...

19.01.2025 80

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Two sides of the social media coin

Musk raised a red herring often used by the far right in the UK to support Islamophobic, racist Tommy Robinson.

12.01.2025 200

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Brutalised remain unheard

SOCIAL media has broken the monopoly of traditional media over information flows, but it has also exposed how the oppressed remain unheard, as the...

05.01.2025 100

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Why flash the bat at every ball?

‘WELL left’ is a term used in cricket when a batter judges the line and length of a potentially problematic ball correctly and, rather than taking...

29.12.2024 8

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Likely cause of US missile claim

WHILE the US policy has remained focused on enabling the creation of a Greater Israel via Gaza genocide, expansion of Zionist settlements in the...

22.12.2024 7

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Contours of the new Middle East

HOW and why the Assad regime collapsed like a house of cards in a mere 11 days, after battling foreign-sponsored rebel groups, including IS and Al...

15.12.2024 6

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Gaza genocide, degraded Axis

AGAINST the backdrop of serious setbacks to the Iran-led so-called Axis of Resistance and destructive divisions in the Muslim world, Amnesty...

08.12.2024 10

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An ode to the political worker

PAKISTAN’S history is replete with the heroism of political workers who have repeatedly demonstrated that their commitment to democratic ideals is...

01.12.2024 5

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Let’s not provoke Indus fury

AGAINST the backdrop of a significant upsurge in violent incidents in KP and Balochistan, which left around 100 people dead in just over a week,...

24.11.2024 20

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Throwing the VPN baby out…

THOSE who govern us may have expertise in multiple areas, but their ability and propensity to score own goals seem without parallel. None of us...

17.11.2024 20

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Mourning a friend

THE legacy media seems to have learnt no lesson from its debacle in the US presidential election, as its coverage based on its preconceived notions...

10.11.2024 20

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Iran’s refusal to back down

THE deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Rev­olutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen Ali Fadavi, has said his country’s “response to the Zionist...

03.11.2024 5

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Is Middle Eastern escalation inevitable?

AFTER several weeks of preparations, Israel carried out its promised attack on Iran in the small hours of Saturday but the scale and scope of the...

27.10.2024 7

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Is ME escalation inevitable?

AFTER several weeks of preparations, Israel carried out its promised attack on Iran in the small hours of Saturday but the scale and scope of the...

27.10.2024 5

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Will order follow chaos?

THE chaos of the past several weeks, triggered by the fast-approaching retirement date of the chief justice of Pakistan on Oct 25 and concerns that...

20.10.2024 8

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New amendment attempt

IF anyone thought that with the notification of Qazi Faez Isa’s retirement as chief justice of Pakistan in less than two weeks, a line would be...

13.10.2024 10

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October status quo shake-up?

OCTOBER, it seems, will see decisive moves in both the Middle East conflict and in Pakistani politics, and the next 25 days may well determine the...

06.10.2024 4

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Israel’s firepower won’t win it peace

ISRAEL may have killed Hezbollah leader Sey­yed Hassan Nasrallah but what the world thinks of its occupation of Palestine, continued genocide in...

29.09.2024 5

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Imran-specific amendment?

HOPES that better sense would prevail have been dashed. Another effort is on the cards before the middle of next month after the last one failed...

22.09.2024 10

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