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Dr Farooq AdilPakistan Observer |
THE land of Bengal remains a part of our heart, yet it is also an enigma. There are many questions to ask, though one question overshadows all the...
WHAT lies between reality and dream? This question has occurred to me twice. Once, while trying to decipher the enigmatic symbolism of the late...
WHY is Inflation not falling despite a continuous decline in petrol prices? Petrol prices have been falling consistently, yet inflation refuses to...
Have you visited Khan el-Khalili yet? Ambassador Manzoor-ul-Hasan asked as he slowly sipped his ahwa—the traditional Egyptian coffee. He was...
US Vice President JD Vance recently made an intriguing remark. He said that two people occupy a special place in his life: one is Indian and the other...
AN agreement has finally been reached between Iran and the United States, bringing the war to an end. This is welcome news. Yet an even more important...
A few days ago, a self-righteous made the claim: “What is Iqbal, after all? He can be derived from a single verse of Ghalib.” In the world of...
WHY does India repeatedly resort to aggression against Pakistan? As Pakistan celebrates what many describe as a remarkable success in the “Battle of...
That day, by good fortune, I found a window seat in a Karachi minibus. After a long day’s fatigue, even waiting for the bus—and then traveling...
ABBAS Araghchi was in Pakistan on Friday night—right at the moment when some of our intellectuals were advising Iran to “cool down” and for that...
WHAT is the real obstacle in an Iran–United States agreement? Is the deal genuinely stalled over the nuclear program, particularly disagreements on...
THE negotiations stretched into the second day and the closed doors remained firmly shut. It took 47 years to bring those doors—and the people...
THAT faint flicker of hope we could see has now turned into real, solid hope. Thanks to Pakistan’s efforts, a ceasefire has been secured for two...
ON the 24th day of the war, a surprising development occurred. Donald Trump, who had previously claimed he could erase Iran from the map, hinted at a...
MAMNOON Hussain had barely settled into his office after taking oath as the Governor of Sindh when a thought crossed my mind: how wonderful it would...
THE war has become even more complex. Iran has never been ashamed of its faith. The United States, however, which long criticized Iran for bringing...
AFTER the martyrdom of Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, what direction is the war taking? Today, tomorrow and the day after — indeed for many days...
THIS remembrance is of a man I had observed from afar for many years. Then, by chance, we met—and that meeting proved to be the last. It was through...
BANGLADESH has finally reached the point it was destined to reach; the rest is mere commentary. The people have clearly delivered their verdict in...