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Pakistan’s on auto-pilotA teen-aged US national COVID-19 patient died on the way back from hospital after it refused treatment. He was without an insurance card (NBC News, 28 March). The gyn

The writer is a freelance journalist, has served in the Pakistan government for 39 years and holds degrees in economics, business administration, and law. He can be reached at [email protected]
Pakistan’s on auto-pilotA teen-aged US national COVID-19 patient died on the way back from hospital after it refused treatment. He was without an insurance card (NBC News, 28 March). The gyn
India needs to realise that violence isn’t workingA story about pacific Kashmiris reflects how timid they had been. A Kashmiri youth joined army but never fired a shot. Asked by a Punjabi Si
India has the answer: cow dung Akhil Bharatiya Mahasabha (All-India Hindu Council) leader Chakrapani Maharaj claims "Consuming cow urine and cow dung will stop the effect of infectiou
India is making it a dangerous placeFormer Indian COAS Gen Bipin Rawat, now Chief of Defence Staff, had a penchant for making gung-ho anti-Pakistan statements. Now even India’s new army and
There are solutions aplenty, if only India was ready Kashmir is a disputed state. By annexing it, India negated the cardinal principle in inter-state relations, that is, pacta sunt se
Waning charisma 'Secularism', even if a later innovation, is intertwined into the design of the Indian Constitution, and rooted in the ethos of the freedom movement and the deliberati
The spectre of a debt trap is false China’s economic progress has engendered apprehensions that it may overtake the USA and emerge as the new hegemon. The USA harbours a love-hate r
Not just Pakistan, but Nepal too The Indian government has quietly released new maps of disputed Jammu and Kashmir State. These maps show the disputed state as converted into an India
Babri Mosque: Reliance on myths The recent Babri Mosque judgment shows that India’s Supreme Court is the handmaiden of Hindu fanatics. The judges rewarded the party that demolished
Role of fake news In a startling disclosure, EU-based non-governmental organisation EU DisinfoLab revealed an India-sponsored fake, dis-informational network of 265 fake media outlets in 65 c
‘Bangladesh refugees are infiltrators, economic termites’ Before embarking on a three-day visit to India at the beginning of this month, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina Wajid or
India should learn from the Kashmir experience India’s view is that abrogation of Kashmir’s special status and Kashmiris’ hereditary proprietary rights is an internal matter. Th