Posts in category Opinion

By Saeed Qureshi – The PPP and the MQM are vigorously opposing the operation clean-up now underway in Karachi by the army because their top notches …

(History has shown that freedom comes at a steep cost to those who fight to liberate a nation from oppression. Allama Mashriqi, his family, and …

By Ben Phillips, (University of Canberra) 50% of all income tax in Australia is paid by 10% of the working population.“ – Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, …

By Saeed Qureshi The international apathy and silence on the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh is like a slap on the …

A visit to Islamabad reveals one unfortunate difference between the two South Asian countries By Aarefa Johari “Aap India se hai? You are Indian? That …

By Ram Puniyani Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a point to keep visiting temples when visiting other countries. His visit to Dhakeshwari Mandir …

By Bernie Sanders Many years ago I was honored to be among those who marched on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I was …

By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja Wars kill human beings and destroy human habitats. But the Western warmongers flag it as a positive development for change …

By Mohammed Khalid Alyahya While Iran’s destructive influence in Yemen is as alarming to Saudi Arabia as its meddling in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Saudi …

By Shenali D Waduge The media has highlighted news of requests by LTTE-created-TNA to release LTTE prisoners. For whose benefit, why and for what reasons …

On World Environment Day ACF’s CEO Kelly O’Shanassy says politicians need to start acting in the interests of the people they represent   By Kelly …

By Shenali D Waduge   Organizations that had been functioning as conduits to channel funds, enable money launder, carry out illicit as well as legal international …

By Richard Silverstein You’d have to be comatose not to know of the startling revelations of massive corruption in FIFA that amounted to $150-million in …

By John Kemp The South China Sea has become the most important testing ground for the changing economic, political and military relationship between China and …

Despite unprecedented pressure from tobacco industry to delay, dilute or thwart progress on a range of tobacco control measures globally, considerable achievements have been made …

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali As many as 45 were killed and 20 injured as gunmen opened fire on a bus near Safoora Chowk area in …

Marco Antonsich The European Commission has taken a radical step in announcing a new policy on immigration, following the deaths of thousands of people in …

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed The Yemeni crisis involves several parties, but the major axes are the forces of isolated former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the …

By Stephen Bari, Sydney Multicultural society is combination of cultural diversity, Languages, ethnicities, dresses, food, traditional values, social backgrounds and lifestyle are main source of multiculturalism.  …

The Arab Summit, held recently at Sharm El-Sheikh, can be the beginning of a new phase in joint Arab action and the credibility of Arab …

Australia cares about infrastructure investment in Asia. But why didn’t Australia joined the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) last November when they would …

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed The lasting success of Dubai is beyond question or doubt. This city is no longer an experience or a project but rather …

By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad New World Order a big threat to sovereign states, speakers at an international conference say. The anti-war initiative, Perdana Global …

By Ramzy Baroud Whenever a new poem by Mahmoud Darwish was published in al-Quds newspaper, I rushed over to Abu Aymen’s newsstand that was located …