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 »

”Islamic Republic of Pakistan” renamed as “People’s Republic of Pakistan”

By Shah A Siddiqui: It is a shame for Pakistanis to keep the name of the country  on the ground of “Islam” and also apron string the ‘Islamic’ with the country’s name.... Read more »

Reforms to Deliver Lower Electricity Prices for NSW Households

By NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell  This week the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government announced the removal of retail price regulation from the state’s electricity market, meaning greater competition and lower electricity prices... Read more »

Afghanistan elections and Pakistan

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali The question deals less with which candidate wins the presidential race and more with the legitimacy and acceptance of the election results by the multiethnic population of Afghanistan.... Read more »

U.S Nuclear Agency, Hailed Record as Fukushima Melted

by Bill Dedman: In the tense days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan on March 11, 2011, staff at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission... Read more »

Chronology of the Ukrainian Coup

by RENEE PARSONS Listening to the US media, even the most diligent news junkie would find it difficult to know that the U.S. State Department played not only a vital role in... Read more »

Bitter Realities, Lecture By Mr. Altaf Hussain

After the creation of Pakistan, the policies framed by the powers-that-be to run the country were formulated while keeping in view the circumstances of those times only and, unfortunately, no care was... Read more »

On Track to Open More Stops on Sydney’s Light Rail Network

By NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell  Final testing is underway on the Inner West Light Rail Extension as we get on with the massive job of building desperately needed public transport infrastructure across... Read more »