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March 25, 2025
The military-industrial takeover
Russian President Vladimir Putin is being hysterically invoked to justify unprecedented surge in military budgets
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March 11, 2025
Is Trump’s proposal for peace realistic?
Europe has vowed to stand with humiliated president in solidarity
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February 26, 2025
Friends or foes? A transatlantic rift
Recent meeting between President Trump and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron did not turn out to be very productive
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February 19, 2025
Imran’s agitation gambit
Political observers believe PTI was pinning hopes on Trump for any possible relief for Imran Khan
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February 10, 2025
The salvation of capital
It seems each global player feels its hegemony is being undermined by actions of others
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January 29, 2025
The Trump doctrine: trade wars and tensions
Trump and his acolytes seem to be picking a fight on every front ranging from the domestic to the regional to the international
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January 20, 2025
Punjab’s living space problem
Mushroom growth of housing societies has claimed tens of thousands of acres or possibly millions of acres over decade
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January 09, 2025
Musk’s dangerous game
Starmer comes up with strong reaction on Monday, condemning Musk’s increasingly erratic attacks on UK govt
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January 02, 2025
Challenges for an ambitious Trump
Donald Trump's entry into White House is going to be stormy
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December 09, 2024
The mighty caste system: Part - II
It is believed that reservation is only opportunity Scheduled Castes have to break into mainstream
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December 06, 2024
The mighty caste system: Part – I
It seems old beliefs are still dominating millions in India which has one of highest growth rates over decades
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November 13, 2024
Quest for global leadership: Part – I
With one-third contribution to global economic growth, China is positioning itself as key player in international landscape
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October 24, 2024
Poverty, conflict and humanity
It is believed poverty and related diseases claim 9 million lives every year
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October 16, 2024
Time to stand with progressives
Shameful treatment meted out to participants of Rawadari March in Karachi on Sunday has damaged democratic credentials of PPP
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September 26, 2024
Did reason fail or‘men of reason’?
The modern age drastically reduced hunger and disease, wiping out plagues like the Justinian plague and the Black Death
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September 17, 2024
Flexing for war
Russian president has warned that acquiescing to such demand would amount to declaring war on Russian Federation
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September 02, 2024
What the far-right won’t tell you -Part - IV
Many in UK believe that underlying factors must be addressed if rise of far right is to be reversed
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August 26, 2024
What the far-right won’t tell you (Part – III)
Despite claims of far right that Muslims are dominating, only tiny fraction is coming from Muslim country
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August 19, 2024
What the far-right won’t tell you: Part – II
According to BBC, “In Europe, Indian soldiers were among first victims who suffered horrors of trenches"
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August 16, 2024
What the far-right won’t tell you ( Part – I )
Government carried out swift arrests, with many rioters being sentenced
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August 06, 2024
Visible and invisible subsidies
They hate very idea of extending help and succour to people from bottom layer of social stratification
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July 19, 2024
Moving beyond the IMF
Shehbaz claimed it hurt him whenever Pakistan had to approach World Bank and other institutions for loans
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July 09, 2024
How the elite add to the climate mess: Part - II
Exxon alone funded more than 40 groups to deny climate science; this included the George C Marshall Institute
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July 05, 2024
How the elite add to the climate mess
Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands may have lost their lives because of scorching beams of sun
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June 28, 2024
To all victims of oppression
RCI recently held its founding conference in Italy, which has been described by organizers as a stunning success
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June 17, 2024
No one wins a war
The West has been busy arming Ukraine instead of making any sincere efforts to douse the flames
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June 01, 2024
Time to reconcile
CM Gandapur hinted at working with the federal government to sort out the issues being faced by his province
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May 24, 2024
Why is Nawaz Sharif upset?
Many analysts believe that Sharif was kicked out from the power corridors of Islamabad for allegedly picking a fight with the powers that be
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May 16, 2024
There’s a new spectre in Europe
European flags are diplayed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. — Reuters/FileThe spectre of brutal policies has once again returned...
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May 02, 2024
Lessons from the past
Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armored vehicle in Novostepanivka, Kharkiv region on September 19, 2022. — AFPRising Russian casualties and heavy...
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April 15, 2024
Education emergency
Around 48 per cent of schools in the country do not have toilets
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April 06, 2024
Unsafe streets
Recent killing of a woman in Toba Tek Singh by her brother speaks volumes about this cancerous patriarchy
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March 22, 2024
Going beyond austerity
PMdecision to ban unnecessary foreign visits of ministers, secretaries and other government officials is a positive step
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March 14, 2024
Politics of aggression
Supporters of PTI block the Peshawar to Islambad highway on Sunday in protest against the alleged skewing of election results in February 8 polls....
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March 06, 2024
Governance for the people
However, it is encouraging to see resolve of CM Punjab Maryam and CM Sindh Murad to serve people and improve these indicators
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February 22, 2024
What the future holds
The government is also likely to increase the burden of existing taxpayers instead of imposing an agriculture tax
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February 14, 2024
Beyond the polls
No messiah from political elite talked about exit strategy from vicious circle of external and internal debt
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February 01, 2024
Where’s our political wisdom?
They believe that his rhetoric against political class of country isolated him
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January 24, 2024
How to achieve economic prosperity
This prompts many to assert that Pakistan can also be an economic power if it wants
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December 11, 2023
Economic half-truths
After pushing Pakistan’s economy towards partial deindustrialisation, the pundits of the neo-liberal world have come up again with a new...
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November 24, 2023
Learning nothing from history
PML-N leaders Maryam Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif at the stage during a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, on October 21, 2023, in this...
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November 10, 2023
The spectre of annihilation
Palestinians walk through a ravaged street following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, on October 10, 2023. — AFPThe recent statement of an Israeli...
