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Trump’s belligerence against Pakistan

The US-Pakistan relations have hit a new low following the latest belligerent tweet by no less a person than the American President himself painting Pakistan an ‘enemy’ country. Trump, in his New
Jan. 3, 2018

Criminalising instant talaq

Find a better way On August 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in a historic verdict in Shayara Bano vs Union of India, invalidated the practice of instant triple talaq, or talaq-e-biddat,
Jan. 3, 2018

Unrest in Iran

In the absence of any obvious trigger, the eruption in Iran as 2017 drew to a close took everyone by surprise, providing an unexpected signpost for the new year. Given that the
Jan. 3, 2018

Kulbhushan Jadhav not alone

IT is possible that Kulbhushan Jadhav will go home free in 2018. It is possible that the Pakistan government has other plans for the convicted man, spy or no spy. All countries
Jan. 3, 2018

The Healing Touch of Love

Henry Thoreau, the 19th century writer, naturalist and philosopher once remarked: “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a
Jan. 2, 2018

The importance of being Mr Jinnah

IN one of the more unforgettable contemporary recollections of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Beverely Nichols in Verdict on India described the lanky and stylishly dressed barrister as the “most important man in Asia”.
Jan. 2, 2018

The trouble in Iran

In Kermanshah, a Kurdish town in Iran’s north-west, the protests on Friday were a classic scene of revolt: young men in battered clothes shouting and hurling rocks at the police as a
Jan. 2, 2018

A glimpse of hope

A grim year in India-Pakistan relations, 2017 has ended at somewhat at a positive note. Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen (retired) Nasser Janjua and Indian NSA Ajit Doval finally met, though
Jan. 2, 2018