What we need to do to ensure ‘free and fair’ elections Pakistan?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | The election in 1970 was free and fair as it was the first experience. Manipulative mechanisms were not in place....
Pakistan, India amongst top countries of the world in religious restrictions
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American "fact tank", based in Washington, D.C., Â released a report on April 12, of 'Restrictions on religion among...
Blood and Mayhem: The true face of a blind impotent society
Saad Rasool | The barbarity of events that transpired in Abdul Wali Khan University of Mardan, against the helpless Mashal Khan, puts age-old tales...
Pakistan’s quota system: who really benefits from this discrimination?
Khawaja Amer | The Civil Service of Pakistan selects only 7.5 percent of the applicants on merit and the rest on quota basis - a system...
Mashal Khan’s murder & Pakistan’s religious cauldron: dark shadow of General Zia
Abdul Rahim | The role of the state, when it comes to controlling religious extremism in Pakistan, is close to zero; operating only under the...
The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
The twist and turns of the Blasphemy law in Pakistan
The origin of the current blasphemy law which is part of the Pakistan Penal Code, dates back to 1860 when introduced by the British...
To improve education in Pakistan we need 2-Way communication
Shahid Anwar | Organizational theory tells us that institutions are a function of what they communicate and how! Â Good institutions come from good understanding amongst...
Tayyip Erdogan to visit India: potential conversation points
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day visit to India, beginning April 30. During this brief visit, he will hold talks with...
Let us save our country for future generations!
Farid A. Malik | Nehru and his pundits had set a six months deadline for the reunification of the Indian Sub-Continent which they considered ‘Dharti...
Saudi-led alliance: Pakistan must make independent decisions for its own national interest
Dr. Zafar N Jaspal | The hysterical debate over the appointment of formal Chief of Army Staff as head of the 39-nation Islamic military alliance...
“Mother of all bombs” kills 36 ISIS fighters: Is there more to come?
The Afghan defence ministry has confirmed that up to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan, yesterday when the US dropped its bomb on...