Muneeb Qadir

Muneeb Qadir

  • Trump in 2018

    The year 2018 was filled with endless disasters for Donald Trump’s presidency. It comes as no surprise then that the year is ending on such a dark...

  • Brexit’s darkest hour

    The UK government, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, has faced its worst crisis and all of it boils down to Brexit.The need to hold the Brexit...

  • Offensive rhetoric

    One of the biggest challenges facing the PTI government is Pakistan’s relations with India. In his first speech as prime minister, Imran Khan...

  • This divided world

    Nothing could be a better depiction of the divided world we live in than the preceding week’s UN General Assembly session. On the one hand there...

  • The search for similarities

    If there has been one particular week where international diplomacy appears to have been abandoned, it has to be the preceding one.Not only did...

  • On the diplomatic front

    One of the biggest challenges faced by Pakistan’s newly-elected government is managing its strained foreign relations. The year 2018 began with...

  • Where to draw the line

    Last week, newspapers in the country carried a quote from Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry that read: “Upholding...

  • Strained ties

    In the run-up to Pakistan’s first face-to-face talks with the Trump administration, the relations between Pakistan and the US have already...

  • Limits of freedom

    The now-revoked decision of the Geert Wilders-led far-right Freedom Party to hold an offensive caricatures contest in the Netherlands predictably...

  • Beyond hashtags

    The most widely discussed subject over the past few months has been the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment ‘scandal’ – and that too for all...

  • In an undemocratic world

    While all the media attention was focused on the World Economic Forum held in Davos last week, there was another trend that emerged on the...

  • Strength in integration

    Migration is one of the most common features that shape history, communities and identities. It is not just a historical occurrence and continues to...

  • Russia rises

    Since 2017, there has been an ever-growing trend of suspicions over Russian meddling into different countries’ internal affairs. The centrality...

  • Treat with caution

    What stood out the most at the beginning of this new year was US President Donald Trump’s tweet, threatening suspension of aid to Pakistan due to...

  • Diplomatic overtures

    Much was said last year about Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case, which has had a considerable impact on Indo-Pak relations. The Indian media has been...

  • Respecting rules

    Some of the final weeks of 2017 saw a further shift towards rightwing politics, with Austria becoming the first Western European country with a...

  • A callous decision

    The most controversial news which took the global media by storm in recent times has undoubtedly been US President Donald Trump’s recognition of...

  • Power shift

    Has political power shifted from the government and fallen into the hands of the people? In the last few weeks, there has been a growing trend that...

  • Jurisdiction

    Last week, Slobodan Praljak, a Bosnian Croat general, committed suicide after he was found guilty for war crimes by the International Criminal...

  • On the global stage

    Over the last few years, tensions in the Middle East have been escalating with each passing day and many factors have contributed to this...