The rise of the right
The results of the September 24 federal elections in Germany sent a wave of shock across Europe. The partners of the Grand Coalition, the right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of…
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The results of the September 24 federal elections in Germany sent a wave of shock across Europe. The partners of the Grand Coalition, the right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of…
The voters sent a clear message to all the political forces involved in electoral politics through the NA-120 by-polls: mend your ways. If you are not interested in our issues,…
The September 17 by-election in the Lahore constituency of NA-120 is not an ordinary election. It is the first test of popularity of both the PTI and the PML-N since…
The leaders of five emerging markets that are categorised as Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – met in Xiamen to discuss trade, economic cooperation, the…
President Trump’s policy of ‘principled realism’ is neither principled nor realistic. The so-called new Afghan policy is a clear manifestation of this. In his speech to outline the so-called new…
Part – I The main aim of this article is to examine the social formation that developed in India before the advent of British rule. It seeks to understand the…
The Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify a sitting prime minister has triggered debate on issues involving civilian rule, constitutionalism and institutional imbalances. Pro-establishment intellectuals and analysts have blamed politicians while…
As the political jugglery and circus around the Panama leaks and corruption in Islamabad continued, a terrorist attack in Lahore left 26 people including, eight policemen, dead and more than…
When former army officer and left-wing populist Hugo Chavez won the presidential election in 1999, nobody thought that he would emerge as an icon of anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements across…
The JIT’s findings have dealt a severe blow to the Sharif family. The JIT framed serious charges against the prime minister and his children. Even though the prime minister had…
Pakistan plunged into the darkest era of its history on July 5, 1977. The then army chief General Zia conspired with reactionary right-wing forces and overthrew the democratically-elected government of…
Both terrorism and poverty cause deaths in different ways. Terrorists use bullets, Ak47s, suicide jackets and other means to kill and frighten people. But poverty is a silent killer. F…