Abdul Sattar
Abdul Sattar

  • November 11, 2025

    Back to the past?

    Ukrainian soldiers while gaining a secure position before combat in Ukraine amid the Russia-Ukraine war. — AFP/FileThe flurry of diplomatic,...

  • November 11, 2025

    Back to the past?

    Ukrainian soldiers while gaining a secure position before combat in Ukraine amid the Russia-Ukraine war. — AFP/FileThe flurry of diplomatic,...

  • October 25, 2025

    How to fund humanity

    The illustration shows human eye projecting rays and lines of code.— Pixabay/FileA pioneering electronic eye implant has created a ray of hope for...

  • October 25, 2025

    How to fund humanity

    The illustration shows human eye projecting rays and lines of code.— Pixabay/FileA pioneering electronic eye implant has created a ray of hope for...

  • October 08, 2025

    Time for talks, not threats

    India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives for the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defence Ministers Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia,...

  • October 08, 2025

    Time for talks, not threats

    India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrives for the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia,...

  • September 24, 2025

    Big Tech and digital hate

    This representational image shows printing press machine. — Unsplash/FileScientific thinking, rational approaches, humanism, religious tolerance,...

  • September 24, 2025

    Big Tech and digital hate

    This representational image shows printing press machine. — Unsplash/FileScientific thinking, rational approaches, humanism, religious tolerance,...

  • September 13, 2025

    Two superpowers, one dangerous game

    US President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan...

  • September 13, 2025

    Two superpowers, one dangerous game

    US President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan...

  • September 04, 2025

    Rekindling hope for a new bloc

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. —...

  • September 04, 2025

    Rekindling hope for a new bloc

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. —...

  • August 22, 2025

    The power of money?

    An Israeli flag flutters as the Red Sea resort city of Eilat and Jordan's Red Sea resort city of Aqaba are seen in the background, on April 17,...

  • August 22, 2025

    The power of money?

    An Israeli flag flutters as the Red Sea resort city of Eilat and Jordan's Red Sea resort city of Aqaba are seen in the background, on April 17,...

  • August 12, 2025

    Reconciliation for peace

    Baloch rebels hold their weapons as they pose for a photograph. — Reuters/FilePolitical observers believe that if separation of a federating unit...

  • August 12, 2025

    Reconciliation for peace

    Baloch rebels hold their weapons as they pose for a photograph. — Reuters/FilePolitical observers believe that if separation of a federating unit...

  • August 02, 2025

    Corbyn’s new party

    Former leader of Britain's Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a protest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's supporters outside the Royal...

  • August 02, 2025

    Corbyn’s new party

    When Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party, was kicked out of the party last year, his detractors thought that he could be...

  • July 24, 2025

    The British right’s weaponised lies

    People hold placards as they take part in a "March for Clean Water" in London on November 3, 2024. — AFPThe recent attempts by British far-right...

  • July 24, 2025

    The British right’s weaponised lies

    People hold placards as they take part in a "March for Clean Water" in London on November 3, 2024. — AFPThe recent attempts by British far-right...

  • July 10, 2025

    When aid becomes a weapon

    A presentational image of covid 19 vaccine.—AFP/FileThe recent decision of the American administration to restrict the approval of two Covid...

  • July 10, 2025

    When aid becomes a weapon

    A presentational image of covid 19 vaccine.—AFP/FileThe recent decision of the American administration to restrict the approval of two Covid...

  • June 30, 2025

    Welfare not warfare

    Amidst falling living standards and attacks on social welfare systems by the advanced capitalist world's ruling elites, the Global North's...

  • June 30, 2025

    Welfare not warfare

    Amidst falling living standards and attacks on social welfare systems by the advanced capitalist world's ruling elites, the Global North's...

  • June 03, 2025

    Can the Global South learn from Cuba?

    While many developing countries continue to grapple with civil wars and internal instability, Cuba’s story serves as an inspiration

  • May 18, 2025

    Peacemaker Trump

    Trump's initiatives to restore peace in several parts of the world have even forced his critics to praise him

  • May 11, 2025

    Out of school

    Punjab must halt all forms of privatisation, enforce the quota policy for marginalised students in private schools

  • April 30, 2025

    Dreaming of sanity amidst hysteria

    Pacifists in India and Pakistan should make hectic efforts to counter narrative of hate peddled by right-wing forces

  • April 22, 2025

    Can Trump learn from the past?

    During same period, country was at war for 185 years out of 242, amounting to almost 80 per cent of time

  • April 10, 2025

    Democracy and the left

    Every country has myriad of Marxist factions claiming to be global and universal in nature

  • March 25, 2025

    The military-industrial takeover

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is being hysterically invoked to justify unprecedented surge in military budgets

  • March 11, 2025

    Is Trump’s proposal for peace realistic?

    Europe has vowed to stand with humiliated president in solidarity

  • February 26, 2025

    Friends or foes? A transatlantic rift

    Recent meeting between President Trump and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron did not turn out to be very productive

  • February 19, 2025

    Imran’s agitation gambit

    Political observers believe PTI was pinning hopes on Trump for any possible relief for Imran Khan

  • February 10, 2025

    The salvation of capital

    It seems each global player feels its hegemony is being undermined by actions of others

  • January 29, 2025

    The Trump doctrine: trade wars and tensions

    Trump and his acolytes seem to be picking a fight on every front ranging from the domestic to the regional to the international

  • January 20, 2025

    Punjab’s living space problem

    Mushroom growth of housing societies has claimed tens of thousands of acres or possibly millions of acres over decade

  • January 09, 2025

    Musk’s dangerous game

    Starmer comes up with strong reaction on Monday, condemning Musk’s increasingly erratic attacks on UK govt

  • January 02, 2025

    Challenges for an ambitious Trump

    Donald Trump's entry into White House is going to be stormy

  • December 09, 2024

    The mighty caste system: Part - II

    It is believed that reservation is only opportunity Scheduled Castes have to break into mainstream

  • December 06, 2024

    The mighty caste system: Part – I

    It seems old beliefs are still dominating millions in India which has one of highest growth rates over decades

  • November 13, 2024

    Quest for global leadership: Part – I

    With one-third contribution to global economic growth, China is positioning itself as key player in international landscape

  • October 24, 2024

    Poverty, conflict and humanity

    It is believed poverty and related diseases claim 9 million lives every year

  • October 16, 2024

    Time to stand with progressives

    Shameful treatment meted out to participants of Rawadari March in Karachi on Sunday has damaged democratic credentials of PPP

  • September 26, 2024

    Did reason fail or‘men of reason’?

    The modern age drastically reduced hunger and disease, wiping out plagues like the Justinian plague and the Black Death

  • September 17, 2024

    Flexing for war

    Russian president has warned that acquiescing to such demand would amount to declaring war on Russian Federation

  • September 02, 2024

    What the far-right won’t tell you -Part - IV

    Many in UK believe that underlying factors must be addressed if rise of far right is to be reversed