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Muneeb Qadir
Muneeb Qadir

  • December 31, 2018

    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...

  • December 18, 2018

    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...

  • December 11, 2018

    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...

  • October 04, 2018

    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...

  • September 26, 2018

    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...

  • September 19, 2018

    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...

  • September 12, 2018

    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...

  • September 05, 2018

    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...

  • September 01, 2018

    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...

  • February 07, 2018

    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...

  • January 31, 2018

    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...

  • January 24, 2018

    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...

  • January 17, 2018

    Russia rises

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

  • January 10, 2018

    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...

  • January 03, 2018

    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...

  • December 27, 2017

    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...

  • December 20, 2017

    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...

  • December 13, 2017

    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...

  • December 06, 2017

    Jurisdiction

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

  • November 29, 2017

    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...

  • November 22, 2017

    A looming crisis

    It could hardly have been imagined that the so-called developed countries would face continual political upheavals. However, the prevalence of...

  • November 15, 2017

    Towards self-determination

    The right to self-determination is a fundamental principle in international law. The UN General Assembly in 1970 declared that the duty of all...

  • November 05, 2017

    The politics of fear

    With the speed at which globalisation has occurred over the past few decades, it could have easily been assumed that Nazism, racism, xenophobia were...