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By Farahnaz Ispahani The reaction by extremist Islamist groups to the Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to acquit a poor Christian woman, eight years after she was charged with blasphemy, highlights the country’s

By M.K.Bhadrakumar According to reports, the Taliban disclosed on Tuesday that five former Guantanamo inmates from their leadership have joined the Taliban political office in Qatar. This dramatic development signals that the

By A.G. Noorani “There is no use making the tenure of the election commissioner a fixed and secure tenure if there is no provision in the constitution to prevent either a fool

By Farrukh Dhondy “I threatened the King of infidelity With Infidelity. I threatened the Satan of Lies With Lies. They looked down on me With fragrant pity The rose once blown Forever

By M Zafar Khan Safdar Asia Bibi’s case gained national prominence because of brave, pluralist politician like Salman Taseer who served as the 26th Governor of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination

By Dr. Inamul Bashir The #MeToo movement, a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault, was founded in 2006 by an activist Tarana Burke to support victims of sexual assault and empower

By Shamsul Islam India, sadly, is witnessing the Hindutva juggernaut running amok crushing whatever was democratic, liberal and egalitarian in the Indian polity. The RSS as the charioteer is not ashamed of

By Ajaz Ashraf The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), its affiliates, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have constructed a narrative in which the Supreme Court of India is fast emerging as the

By Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoo Anyone in the world, big or small, fat or thin, black or white, can feel somewhat inferior to everyone else at times during their lives. We tell

By MANSOOR ALAM It is now known that the old theory of a static Universe is no longer tenable. Modern science has revealed that there is nothing fixed or static in the