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THOUGH reports of fissures within the Afghan Taliban are not new, a recent BBC story has detailed some of the major differences that exist between the so-called Kandahar and Kabul factions of Afghanis...
LET us make no mistake. Donald Trump has not received the Nobel Peace Prize. He has simply acquired the medal. This is akin to holding a friend’s Oscar during a selfie and then captioning it ‘grea...
MORE than three months since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, the second phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the occupied Palestinian territory has been launched.
Among the features o...
IT was a long time coming. On Friday, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq formally declared veteran politician Mehmood Khan Achakzai as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. Regardless o...
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 q...
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 weaknes...
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 rhet...
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 N...
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...