THE US government’s decision to suspend immigration visas for nationals of 75 countries, including Pakistan, marks an extraordinary escalation in Washington’s immigration policy. The move raises quest...
HATE speech against Muslims in India is no longer sporadic. It is organised and increasingly led by those in power. A new report by the India Hate Lab documents 1,318 hate speech events across the cou...
THE planning minister’s proposal to declare an ‘export emergency’ reflects a growing realisation that there can be no sustainable growth path without tackling deep-seated external-sector weaknesses ro...
THE call by a panel, led by the planning and development minister, for “urgent ease of doing business reforms” to more than double export revenues to over $60bn within three years is familiar rhetoric...
WHEN Donald Trump says that his power is restrained only by “my own morality”, he is not just boasting, he is making a case for a philosophy that governs his rule. In a recent interview with The New Y...
SCHEDULE uncertainty persists at yet another multilateral cricket tournament to be held in South Asia. Once again, it involves India, which has been intent on throwing its weight around. This time, th...
DARKNESS has descended over next-door Iran, where widespread, violent protests refuse to abate, posing the most serious governance and security challenges to the government in recent memory. With a ne...
PAKISTAN’S troubled relationship with Afghanistan now forms the centre of its security crisis. The International Crisis Group notes the irony that Pakistan has been the country most affected by the Ta...
IT appears that ‘dialogue’ is fast becoming a buzzword in the federal capital. After both the treasury and opposition benches signalled their openness to negotiations, others have jumped into the fray...
IT has been said at length before, but bears repeating: the 27th Amendment was a monumental mistake. The same has now been underlined by international human rights group Amnesty International, which h...