Editorial - Page 16

February 19, 2020

And now Shah Faesal

After Omar Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti, it is now Shah Faesal. The former civil servant has been booked under infamous Pubic Safety Act which allows detention without trial from six months to…
February 13, 2020

AAP ki Dilli

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dealt a stunning defeat to the BJP in Delhi assembly elections. This is the third consecutive win for the AAP since it made its debut…
April 15, 2019

Promises for power continue

As parliamentary elections are underway, election promises by the candidates and their campaigners are all time high. They are promising everything under the sun. National Conference leadership, the state’s key pro India…

Making a new beginning

Ever since the rise of Imran Khan to Pakistan’s premier position, there has been a verbal thaw between the two countries. No more words of acrimony against each other are heard from…
August 30, 2018

Listen to the sentiment

“Article 35-A is our identity. Defend Abrogation of 35-A” written at the end of a wedding invitation card is the core description of Kashmir’s sentiment with regard to the individuality and identity…
August 29, 2018

Some Manners Please

It was extremely shocking to see former chief minister and National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah publicly making an obscene gesture in response to some question asked by a journalist, the other…
August 28, 2018

The Feast of Sacrifice

`Eid Al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, is one of the most beautiful times in the whole year. No glitz and glamour, there is just Allah once more at the centre of our…
August 21, 2018

Vajpayee: End of an era

Former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away on Thursday at the age of 93. His death has been condoled across the country. Vajpayee had a series of titles to…
August 18, 2018

Journey towards God

Hajj is one of the basic pillars of Islam. Like other forms of worship in Islam, Hajj is based on God-consciousness. At the same time, it has a unique feature—it is linked…
August 17, 2018

Action required, not moral lectures

Prime Minister NarendraModi has again sounded political while condemning the incidents of lynching by street mobs across the country. On Saturday in an interview to the news agency ANI, Prime Minister said,…
August 14, 2018

Imran Khan’s real test to begin now

Transition of power in Pakistan in a peaceful way is an important development and it is a huge step towards strengthening of democracy. In the country’s 70-year history it is only second…
August 11, 2018

India, the new lynchdom

On 17 July the supreme court of India condemned the epidemic of mob lynching in India, and asked the Indian parliament to draft legislation that would stop people from taking the law…
August 9, 2018