India’s nuclear threats
Shifting nuclear policy
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement reflects a paradigm shift in India’s nuclear policy. It appears India has already perfected its...
The second year
Fresh challenges ahead
Khan at the beginning of the second year of his tenure seems to be a little more decisive. Taking multifarious U-turns...
Finding elusive peace in Kashmir
The Manmohan-Musharraf formula will still work
By B Z Khasru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is driving the Kashmir train on the wrong track of ultranationalism. But...
The hearts of the rebels, the cause for rebellion
Candid Corner
The sound of freedom resonates through the Valley
“I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation...
Of reckoning life imprisonment
Life sentence should not be for a fixed term
By: Azeem Khokhar
Why do we imprison a convict? It is often argued that this is...
Deformation of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh
The situation is growing grimmer by the day
The situation is getting seriously dangerous and gravely complicated in the South Asian region after India’s...
Is Kashmir a nuclear flashpoint?
Along with nuclear weapons, there is the risk of biological
By: Musa Khan Jalalzai
On 5 August 2019, the Modi government’s nullification of Article 370...
Staying on the same page
An awkward regional situation or a comfort zone for the government
AT PENPOINT
General Bajwa’s extension is not a surprise, though the duration might be,...
The nazis of India
The RSS is a fascist party
By: Imran Najeeb Butt
At midnight on 4 August, 40,000 Indian armed forces troopa entered the Kashmir Valley on...
Chanakya’s Mandala theory and Indian foreign policy
How Indians go back to Chanakya
Indian mandarins who formulate and execute its external affairs, are obsessed with Chanakya’s “Mandala Theory”. A mandala is...
An Anti-Pakistan agenda
Behind abrogating Article 370 is a hunger for water
By: Muhammad Sohail Ahmed
In 1944, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah while addressing the students of Muslim...
World’s guilt
There should be consistency in international law
By: Abdul Rafay Siddiqui
The rise of populism across the world is in conjunction with vested economic interests...
Forestalling genocide an indispensable desideratum
By: Changezi Sandhu
If you cannot catch the fish, you have to drain the sea. ؎Mao Tse-tung
Brutality is the linchpin of oppression. Oppression, in turn,...
Kashmir still awaits resolution
Kashmiris will not be deterred
By Dr Zeeshan Khan
Sun Tzu in his The Art of War says that the supreme art of war is...
Not acting at our peril
The climate crisis is worsening
Climate change is real and is visible to all. The scientific evidence is overwhelming, and denying that climate change...
Modi repeats historical hypocrisy
The roots of the abrogation of Article 370 Cn be seen in the annexations at Partition
To understand why the Indian government at the...
Independence Day celebrations
About time eight things were realised
The 72nd anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence Day was celebrated with customary fervour and excitement. Customary fervour is a...
