Central Asian steppes mutely watch Taliban’s surge
by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Compared to the events two decades ago when the Afghan Taliban appeared in the Amu Darya
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Politics
Kashmir lockdown: The silence is the loudest sound
https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000006653817/ The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications
Read MoreThe case of Gilgit-Baltistan
SSR can be an effective instrument for maintaining demographic composition in J&K but it was essentially a colonial tool without
Read MoreWho’s who among Afghan presidential candidates
by Frud Bezhan Seventeen men will contest Afghanistan’s presidential election in a race among old power brokers — ex-government officials,
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Eid festivities muted in Indian-ruled Kashmir amid lockdown
Herald Report Indian security forces have maintained tight restrictions across its controlled Jammu and Kashmir during Eidul Azha, fearing protests
Read MoreIn Kashmir, journalists struggle under India’s blackout
By Jon Allsop In early August, the government of Narendra Modi, India’s recently reelected Hindu-nationalist prime minister, moved troops into
Read MoreKashmir’s autonomy: Pakistani Left, women bodies condemn Modi’s move
Herald Report Islamabad: Left parties and women organizations of Pakistan have condemned the Indian government’s revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy.
Read MoreModi’s revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy
Why Modi’s move on Kashmir is likely to achieve the opposite of what he intends, questions the Economist When the
Read MoreSITUATIONER: Kashmir on the frontlines
https://www.facebook.com/suchitra.vijayan/videos/10158724026526679/?t=0 By Hassan Akber What Has India Done? After days of troop surges, arrests, speculation and denials, Indian
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The trouble with the enlightenment
By Aziz Ali Dad Every ideology, religion and worldview contains seeds of discontent within. The Enlightenment brought about a change
Read MoreWDF for an end to use of ATA against political activists
Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic
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Pakistan needs to revamp its foreign policy: experts
Islamabad needs to rethink its foreign relations in the context of a new ‘Great Game’ in the Eurasian region and
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Dinmukhamed Kunaev’s House Museum
Dinmukhamed Kunaev was a leader of Soviet Kazakhstan. As the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan he was
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PBA ‘outrightly’ rejects media courts proposal
Islamabad: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has outrightly rejected the Government suggestion of establishing Media Courts, stated in a statement
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OPINION: The new normal
Dr Asim Sajjad PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump presented quite a spectacle when they came together
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