FJMU approves vacancies By Our Correspondent LAHORE A meeting of Fatima Jinnah Medical University syndicate held under the chairmanship of...
When Pakistani media outlets report on sectarian violence should they name the groups responsible for mounting a particular attack? Or should they...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Ayman al-Zawahiri must wake up each morning looking forward to switching on the news. Virtually every day brings stories...
In his 24-minute end of year audio message Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers that the caliphate was doing well and that the Russian and US...
Louis Heren, a former deputy editor of the Times of London, wrote in his memoirs that he found it useful, when considering comments made by...
The investigation into the murder of Imran Farooq and the money-laundering investigation into the MQM have both taken a long time. For five years...
Few doubt that there’s more to come. The attacks on Paris will be followed by others in different European cities. The Islamic State has made no...
My last column for The News triggered a set of unusually thought-provoking responses which merit further discussion. The article argued that in the...
When Akbar S Ahmed’s film ‘Jinnah’ was released back in 1998 the country’s cinemas soon filled up with Pakistanis curious about their answer...
When British Prime Minister David Cameron went to Jamaica earlier this month he ran into a diplomatic and political problem. His host, Portia...
Shortly after Nawaz Sharif’s election victory in 2013 some western and Pakistani journalists and policy analysts were sharing a meal in Islamabad...
The crunch moment in the MQM cases is fast approaching. Now that the British police have questioned the main suspects in the Imran Farooq case,...
With Britain exporting young jihadis to front lines all over the world, TV viewers in the UK have become used to seeing the parents of these young...
With so many violent conflicts around the world, it sometimes seems that the differences between people are becoming ever wider and starker....
Perceptions of international politics are hardwired. And by and large they are predictable. Much as we all like to think that we reach our own...
The battle of the documents is over - but still little understood. Two key documents relating to the MQM were leaked in the last couple of weeks....
What role should Islam play in the state? There are various models on offer. At the far end of the spectrum is the view of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi....
Two previously unreported asylum appeal cases in the UK shed new light on changing British attitudes. In both cases Pakistani asylum seekers, one a...
Four years after Bin Laden’s death even his bookshelf has the power to fascinate. And as the interest in Seymour Hersh’s latest London Review of...
So, the British general election is over. David Cameron won a surprise overall majority, the pro-independence Scottish National Party took 56 of 59...
As the recent arrest of Mohammed Anwar in relation to money laundering shows, there is little sign of the pressure on the MQM letting up. And money...
Until a few months ago Obama seemed to be living proof of the claim that no matter who wins the White House, not much changes. But the cynics may...
There are two questions about Pakistan authorities’ recent moves against the MQM. Why is it happening and how far will it go? There are a number...
Countries possess nuclear weapons for all sort of different reasons. For the US, China and Russia the bomb is a military and technological...
Last year I was lucky enough to visit the Shahur defile or tangi in South Waziristan. A few miles from Jandola, it is the perfect place for an...
The Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris and the attack in Copenhagen have intensified and sharpened the debate in Europe about the sources of violent...
Ever since the 9/11 attacks violent jihadists have displayed an almost stubborn inability to select targets that suit their purposes. Was the...
There have been a number of reports in the Pakistan press in recent months that the UK authorities are about to drop the cases against Altaf...
In December 2000 the CIA’s National Intelligence Council produced a document that predicted what the world might look like in 2015. It contained...
