The author is a political analyst and media development specialist. He can be reached at adrehmat@gmail.com.
How good is Pakistan in the enforcement of freedom of expression and right to information?
During 2019, the Imran Khan government made several moves to curb free speech and rein in the media as a means to divert attention from governance...
Both India and Pakistan share a reductionist view of the ‘enemy country’ and lead similarly clichéd political and military rhetoric against the...
The real debate on the extension saga unfolded on social media
There is a thin line between people’s right to privacy and people’s right to know
Pakistan’s symbolic gesture on Kashmir aims to serve three purposes: to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Kashmiris; vent rage at India; and to...
Instead of regulating the industry, regulators in Pakistan have traditionally concentrated on content monitoring
Even though relatively late in the race to space, Islamabad will still do well to send the first Pakistani into space by 2022
Apollo11, as it happened and is remembered in literature
After the expected arrests of Asif Zardari and Hamza Shahbaz last week, will Maryam Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari be able to strategise an...
The recent bombings in the Sri Lankan capital cannot dull the shine of this eternal city of coy lovers along the beachline, ancient tress and...
With the planet’s single largest media audience captive, news rooms became war rooms, news anchors became generals. How could it be any other way?
New Pakistan-Saudi Arabia engagement is likely to stir up old local and regional genies
Riding with the guide on his motorbike, across Nicosia, the only divided capital in the world today, to explore the social and political situation...
In Fatima’s North Cyprus, Turkish history meets natural beauty amid a peaceful divide
As PTI uses up the first 100 of its 1,825-day mandate, it becomes evident that the PM will need much more than a T20 type cricket approach to change...
The best politicians are those who speak with people, not at them
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A footloose graduation gift that starts at midnight and takes father and son across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Some Pakistani generals, as individuals, have moulded the institutionalisation of extra-missionary approach of the military
