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By Mohan Dutta Rendering four million people, almost all Bengalis and largely Muslim, stateless, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has given a state-driven political face to the ongoing…

By Jyoti Malhotra With one phone call to Pakistan’s Imran Khan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown the stuff powerful leaders are made up of. Less than 10 months before he stakes…

By Abbas Nasir As Imran Khan’s PTI starts work on government formation after its general election victory, parties on the losing side which are blaming their loss on rigging, may consider…

By Flavia Agnes Television channels had a field day following the announcement by the secretary of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) regarding setting up of Darul Qazas in every district,…

By Raoof Hasan The inevitable has happened — the inevitable that IK’s supporters dreamt of, and his detractors dreaded. He is Pakistan’s next man in the prime minister’s house. May be not…

By Taha Najeeb The future is both scary and fascinating. If it wasn’t, its many depictions would never have caught our fancy – in early mystical traditions, in works of fiction, in…

By Dr Khursheed Ahmad Wani Every one of us is desirous to see our children excel in every walk of life. The ambition to make them IAS, KAS officers, or doctors and…

By M Zafar Khan Safdar Back in 2013, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was protesting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) rigging. The latter had emerged victorious after receiving the highest number of votes…

By Jawed Naqvi A photo shopped picture of Imran Khan has adorned my Facebook page for the last few weeks, which I am planning to remove. The frame is an election-time caricature…

By Raza Naeem Maulvi Barkatullah Bhopali, who was born 159 years ago on the 7th of July earlier this month, was a glorious standard-bearer of the Indian independence movement. He toured Great…