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![]() Imtiaz GulThe Express Tribune |
The tragic killing of innocent tourists in Baisaran, Pahalgam on April 22 has understandably sparked grief, outrage, and a flurry of accusations. Yet...
National security does not develop in isolation. It draws legitimacy and strength from justice (the rule of law), inclusion (political and economic)...
The judiciary played a facilitating role in establishing the authoritarian rule. Sections of the media contributed to the consolidation of such...
Pakistan is currently embroiled in multiple wars with internal dimensions: a vicious, ethnically-coloured proxy war mounted by predominantly...
In an ironic twist of fate, Bangladesh's former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun appeared in court on (November 20) to respond to a long...
Donald Trump's victory for the White House has stirred considerable debate around the globe, primarily on how the world would deal with a non-...
For the entire duration of the American presidential election campaign, almost all apologists for deep state interventions whispered aloud that the...
"The Chinese are very clear; no matter how lucrative an investment is anywhere, if the security issue is there, they do not send Chinese personnel....
On Oct 21, Pakistan witnessed another low in its wobbly politics. The circumstances around the 26th constitutional amendment sounded like a...
The 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (15-16 October 2024) passed...
The deadly October 6 strike on the Chinese convoy near the Karachi airport should serve as a wake-up call for the Pakistani authorities for...
Following months of valiant protests, rallies, detentions, incarcerations, illegal raids on private homes, assault on business of party leaders and...
With no care for caution and consequences, Pakistani officials have been involved in a self-defeating exercise for over a decade now. Ironic and...
People of Pakistan are rightly questioning: what have we done to deserve these Monuments of Incompetence?' This extract from Senator Mushahid...
If hypocrisy had another definition, the conduct of many of Pakistan's political luminaries currently occupying high seats in the parliament and...
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch made a rare statement during her weekly press briefing on September 5....
When powerful elites of a country consider one of the territories as a source of extraction and treat its population with arrogance and when...
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal recently rang alarm on the performance of the country's higher...
Warmongers and rumour mills, it seems, are working overtime to convince their electorate in Europe and the US of the august nature of their support...
It took more than 300 dead bodies in less than three weeks to see the ignominious exit of a despot, making it the bloodiest period in the history...
Is there a way to implement instant cost-cutting in Pakistan’s power sector? Perhaps, but let us first review the industry in general. The debate...
A rethink on big-ticket economic engagement under CPEC is underway in Beijing. This impression stems from recent interactions with Chinese regional...
During their US-hosted meeting, leaders of NATO countries discussed almost every issue of concern around the globe except the relentless Israeli...
Since the 1949 revolution under Chairman Mao Zedong, the Chinese leadership found the key to social peace and economic progress: turning the burden...