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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »