Multiculturalism has failed – Countries are getting back to majority rule

By Shenali D Waduge  The nations that are attempting to divide nation of Africa, Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe into micro states to create new governments that would be unable to run if... Read more »

Mid-Term U.S. Elections: A Huge Setback for Democratic Party

By Saeed Qureshi – – The midterm elections in the United States conducted on June 4, have placed the Republicans as the majority party in the Senate. The Republicans also were leading... Read more »

ISIS and the Internet

By Mr. Graham Ashton, Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner The internet – the most defining technological accomplishment of the past half century, perhaps. A powerful force for good – online information flow has changed... Read more »

Art of Letter Writing dying … Thanks to Technology

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali In the soft sunlight of winters, sunning in the back verandah, one could hear the sharp sound of the cycle bell and the doorbell that sounded as the... Read more »

Dreams of my grandfather: Celebrating the life of Professor Ghulam Azam

By Abu Aisha On Saturday 1st Muharram 1436 (Oct 25th 2014), hundreds of thousands of well-wishers converged on the streets of Dhaka to bid farewell to one of the most recognizable faces... Read more »

Changing face of South Asia – The nexus between America and India

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali ‘The United States, which once considered Pakistan a ‘corner stone’ of its foreign policy seems to have shifted the balance towards India. There are speculations that US may... Read more »

Noam Chomsky Blasts United States for Supporting Israel

As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces plans to set up an investigation into the attacks on United Nations facilities during Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Strip, world-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky recently spoke... Read more »

The passing of the Hon Gough Whitlam AC QC

A Message from the Director, Whitlam Institute — While Gough Whitlam will be remembered well beyond today, the days ahead will be particularly special times for remembering and  for sharing stories. They will... Read more »

Indo-US encirclement Plans

by Asif Haroon Raja This US agenda for Pakistan prepared by the neo-cons after 9/11 was similar to that applied throughout the broader Middle East Central Asian region. US strategy, supported by... Read more »

Are you funding the ISIS?

Who is behind it?   Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s New Yorker article titled, “The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism?”, and quoted by... Read more »

In Egypt, an authoritarian regime holds sway again

By Ahdaf Soueif Nine thirty pm in Cairo and sounds of intermittent explosions come through the living-room window. Most people can identify them, but I can’t – yet. They might be gunfire,... Read more »

Turkey’s Boomerang War in Syria

by Burak Bekdil (The Gatestone Institute) At the end of 1998, Turkey threatened to take military action against President Hafez al-Assad’s regime in Syria unless Damascus immediately stopped harboring Abdullah Ocalan, leader... Read more »

Outlining history of Poonch

Knowing the roots of the dispute By Yasmeen Aftab Ali (USA) A friend on Twitter posted on my timeline the following question: ‘Why 110km long border (Poonch Sector) in Kashmir is getting... Read more »

Delivering wrong message about Australian Muslims

By Syed Atiq ul Hassan More than half a million Muslims live in Australia. They add to the richness of Australia’s multicultural society and contribute to the health of the Australian economy.... Read more »

Pakistan: Emerging democracy or hall of shame

By: Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD. The nation’s capital is under siege for over two weeks. People want political change and justice to their grievances that is nowhere to be seen.  The demonstrators... Read more »

Democratic outlook of Pakistan

By: Stephen Bari India and Pakistan are traditional rivals since 67 years ago, in the last six and half decades, whatsoever they achieve and lost in history have words? India develops a... Read more »

Pakistani Parliament has been exposed

By Syed Atiq ul Hassan The speeches of few members of the senate and the national assembly in the joint session has exposed the parliament system and the national parliamentarians of Pakistan.... Read more »

Defining Movements in Pakistani Politics

By Syed Atiq ul Hassan Today, the People of Pakistan are on the crossroad and the world is watching them which way they proved themselves – A Divided People or a United... Read more »

Christians, Hindus say Taliban treated them with relative tolerance

BANNU: Christians and Hindus who fled from a military offensive against militants in North Waziristan say the Taliban treated them with relative tolerance, contrary to the militants’ brutal reputation. Some 2,000 people... Read more »

Letting Farzana die

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Farzana did not die on 27th May, 2014, as claimed, for marrying a man of her choice and allegedly being stoned to death outside the Lahore High Court by her... Read more »

FROM CRICKETING HERO TO CONFUSED POLITICIAN – IMRAN KHAN

By Zahaib Nabeel Unlike his cricketing career his political career was not smooth – To begin with, he lost his 1st election terribly. However, in the era of Former President of Pakistan... Read more »

Repeal and implications

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali One of the first steps BJP is doing after Modi’s swearing in ceremony (if you ignore telling off given to PM Nawaz that India expected steps by the... Read more »

India needs Pakistan as the enemy if it is to stay together

By: Yasmeen Aftab Ali BJP is in with a landslide victory of 283 seats. It is the first time in nearly 30 years that any party has swept in with such an... Read more »

ARMY OF TRAITORS?

By Zahaib Nabeel Growing up in cantonments of Pakistan I have learned one thing in my life; that is being patriotic. The atmosphere and surroundings always have an effect on person and... Read more »