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Khalid Bhatti
Khalid Bhatti

  • September 23, 2023

    When living gets tough

    The people of Pakistan are neck-deep in a sea of rising poverty, soaring inflation and high unemployment. They were expecting some relief from the...

  • August 28, 2023

    The rise of bigotry

    A religiously motivated violent mob in Jaranwala, Faisalabad attacked, vandalized and set houses and churches of the Christian community on fire on...

  • August 15, 2023

    Coups in West Africa

    The July 26 military coup in Niger has escalated the already existing tensions in the West African region. General Abdurrahman Tchiani, the head of...

  • August 01, 2023

    Electoral reforms

    A joint session of parliament passed the Elections Bill 2023 last week. Through this bill, the coalition government has made 54 amendments in the...

  • July 24, 2023

    Where should people go?

    Most analysts believe that if Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and coalition partners decide to dissolve the National Assembly a few days before August...

  • July 16, 2023

    The rise of BRICS

    Initially, Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2006 formed BRICS as a relatively informal grouping of rapidly growing countries seeking to improve...

  • July 10, 2023

    What are the French protesting?

    Last week saw France in the grip of another wave of mass protests which swept across the country following the killing of 19-year-old...

  • June 19, 2023

    Ukraine’s attack

    Ukraine has launched its much-awaited counteroffensive against Russia with the aim to recapture the areas occupied by Russia and force Russian...

  • June 04, 2023

    Battle for southern Punjab

    There are more than 48 national and 100 provincial assembly seats in the three divisions of southern Punjab. The overwhelming majority of seats in...

  • May 30, 2023

    High-risk strategy

    Since his ouster from power in April 2022, former prime minister Imran Khan adopted a high-risk strategy to regain power and outmaneuver his...