‘Afghan Girl’ in 1985 National Geographic Photo Is Arrested in Pakistan
An Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee with piercing green eyes was published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, becoming...
Pakistan’s Honor-Killing Law Isn’t Enough
Bina Shah | Oct 28, 2016 KARACHI, Pakistan — In Pakistan today, it’s a sad reality that regressive societal attitudes toward women label us as...
The Dead Begin To Speak Up In India
Arundhati Roy | Oct 28, 2016 Kashmir is in the process of being isolated, cut off from the outside world by two concentric rings of...
Freedom of the Press
Hassan Niazi | Oct 26, 2016 On October 11, the Government of Pakistan took another step to undermine free speech. By placing one of the...
Kashmir: Seeking Solutions; Investing In Peace
Rustam Shah Mohmand | Oct 26, 2016 The events unfolding in the wake of the killing of Burhan Wani, a Kasmiri freedom fighter about three...
Sharif Under Siege – By Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain | Oct 26, 2016 MATTERS are getting increasingly ominous for Nawaz Sharif, although he may still be in a state of denial. It...
Making Decisions In Pakistan
Durdana Najam | Oct 25, 2016 Having placed the name of a journalist on Exit Control List (ECL) the government according to the Interior Minister...
The Lankan Example – By Moeed Yusuf
Moeed Yusuf | Oct 25, 2016 OF late, I have been studying Sri Lanka’s war experience. The country has fascinated students of comparative politics like...
Afghanistan: Reinforcing Failure in a Lost Cause
Adnan Qaiser| They say if you find yourself fallen into a pit, the first thing to do is stop digging. Afghanistan has long been an...
60 killed in twin suicide attacks as Militants storm police training college in Quetta, Pakistan.
Quetta, Pakistan: At least 60 people were killed and 118 injured when militants attacked a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, late Monday night,...
Police search forests in India after 21 Maoist rebels killed
NEW DELHI — Security forces were hunting through forests in southeast India Monday for Maoist rebels after a fierce gunfight left 21 rebels dead...
527 South Koreans to sue Samsung on Galaxy Note 7 recall
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Korean Galaxy Note 7 smartphone owners were preparing Monday to file a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics over...