opinion
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American transition
Lt-Gen (r) Abdul Qayyum
After dropping nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities – Hiroshima and Nagasaki – at the fag end of the Second World War, the US emerged both economically and militarily as the strongest country on...
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The media and its messages
Ghazi Salahuddin
There was a touch of drama in that episode that deserves a footnote in the history of Pakistan’s struggle for democratic survival. And the issue it highlighted, though familiar and generally taken...
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Farmers’ protests in India
Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri
By supporting the Indian farmers, celebrities such as Rihanna and Greta Thunberg have given a new stir to their protests. Their criticism of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government also...
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Political stability
Dr Farrukh Saleem
Political stability in China pulled out 850 million Chinese out of poverty where the percentage of Chinese living in extreme poverty fell from 88 percent to 1.85 percent. Political stability in...
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South Asia: a new beginning
Raashid Wali Janjua
Will Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president turn a new page for one-third of humanity condemned to perpetual penury of thought and means by its leadership?The peace dividend that eludes...