October 2013

Unlike the determined and united response to Qaddafi in 2011 (as a result, among other things, of his attempts to physically harm Arab leaders), which included the use of force on the part of Qatar and the UAE, the Arab countries so far have not taken a firm stand, and have certainly not united against Syria. The Arab world remains …

Pakistan is tangled in the web of foreign factors and domestic conflicts. The US and its Western allies, regional countries, judiciary, media, executive, religious leadership and feudal lords or industrialists, are the stakeholders of power here. Unless a contender appeases these stakeholders, it cannot get the power. A realistic analysis of the last three decades reflects that Muslim leaders were …

From outside China, the Bo Xilai trial looks like the Chinese news event of the year, one of the preoccupations of Western media, along with corporate corruption and the clampdown on American and European companies. Yet these issues are no more than sideshows to the most important economic event of recent times; the unveiling and ratification of a major programme …

No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization. Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is …

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch Chief Minister Balochistan Profile Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, a visionary politician hailing from Turbat, a remote area in Makran District, became the 20th Chief Minister of Balochistan on 7th June, 2013. This is the very first time in the history of the province that a person belonging to middle class, rather than the tribal chiefs, attained …