SC verdict on GB status prompts a mixed reaction from political and social circles
High Asia Herald Report Islamabad Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Thursday (Jan 17) judgment on the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan prompted
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Opinion
Germany remembers Rosa Luxemburg 100 years after her murder
Leftwingers commemorate 100th anniversary of murder of the communist writer, pacifist and radical inspiration Kate Connolly and Josie Le Blond
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Deep Red Rosa
Red Rosa now has vanished too./ Where she lies is hid from view./ She told the poor what life is
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Ban on ‘Manto’
IN our corner of the world, prejudice and intolerance can sometimes follow a person well beyond his or her lifetime.
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LA teachers can teach working class about power of labour strikes
Organizing to bring work to a halt fundamentally shifts the balance of power and transforms workers into a force to
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Dragon’s tender hug: Prosperity discourse and China’s soft power in Kazakhstan
In this presentation, Daniyar Kosnazarov analyzes the projection of China’s soft power in Kazakhstan, and draws attention to the barriers
Read MoreCricket’s American dream remains as USA welcomed back into ICC fold
Three years after they were kicked out, the USA have had their member status restored and a new governing body
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Praetorian penury: Pakistan’s army is to blame for the poverty of the country’s 208m citizens
IT HAS FOR so long been a country of such unmet potential that the scale of Pakistan’s dereliction towards its
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Minorities’ long wait I.A. Rehman
I.A. Rehman INDICATIONS that the government is planning to act proactively in addressing the grievances of the minority communities
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PTI erring ministers told to show respect for media professionals
ISLAMABAD – An English has reminded PTI ministers Faisal Vawda and Fayyazul Hassan Chohan they were in office because of
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Why has Rahaf al-Qunun captured the world’s attention while Hakeem al-Araibi is left in jail?
The reasons are varied but likely include the age-old non-science of what makes news and what doesn’t Helen Davidson Australia,
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Politics: Empire’s racketeers
Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of
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Global justice: How to think about Empire
Boston Review speaks with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term ‘postcolonialism.’ In her second novel,
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Toward changing the language of creative writing classrooms
Praise, like criticism, can make us forget what art is for By Helen Betya Rubinstein I open the creative writing courses
Read MorePakistan in 2019: Recommendations for navigating change
To mark the New Year, we asked a group of senior and emerging thought leaders and policy practitioners to list
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