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By: Shahid Javed Burki The already unsettled Middle East became even more so after the visit to the region by President Donald Trump. What he said in a speech delivered before an audience of 50 Muslim heads of state, most of them non-Arab, has torn apart alliances that had brought some stability to the perennially disturbed area. Events that occurred …

We need a new way to classify these attacks. By: Tung Yin James T. Hodgkinson, the man who shot five people at a Republican baseball practice Wednesday, including a member of Congress, harbored ill will toward President Trump and the GOP. So was Hodgkinson a terrorist? Legally and morally, we see intent as the best way to distinguish terrorism from …

By: Yasmeen Aftab Ali For Pakistan, this membership must be intelligently capitalised upon by developing close knit ties with member states, developing their trust in Pakistan and her future for business and investment purposes. Pakistan and India became full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in June 2017. The joining of SCO by the arch enemies will change the …

By: Ali Salman KUALA LUMPUR: In 1990, almost 4 in 10 people were living under the international extreme poverty line of $1.90 a day according to the World Bank. In 2013, that figure had fallen to just over 1 in 10, but that still represents more than 767 million people. Out of these 767 million people, 40% live in South …

By: Jawaid Bokhari The dynamic of conspicuous change — or strategic direction — is noticeably reshaping the landscape of ownership of assets and businesses, and redefining the role of a wide range of economic agents in the economy. No less then 97pc of the highest recorded 926 companies registered in the month of May with the Securities and Exchange Commission …

By: Sonia Qadir The case of striking workers of a clothing brand show how laws are moulded to erode labour rights Textiles is one of Pakistan’s largest industries and employs a sizeable workforce. It is also notorious for violations of labour laws — violations that are usually considered unremarkable in mainstream activist and media circles. Since May 2017 though, a …

By: Sylvie Kauffmann PARIS — As British conservatives licked their wounds a week ago, and French voters were electing hundreds of rookies to Parliament to strengthen the hand of President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainians at last had a reason to celebrate — and they did, partying by the thousands in Kiev. For them, June 11 was the dawn of the long-awaited …

By: Shahzaib Khan Having pulled off a diplomatic recovery, Pakistan is now being forced to navigate the increasingly troubled waters of the Gulf. The Gulf, Pakistan’s neighbour beyond the sea, is in crisis, perhaps the most serious one in recent history. It is Qatar versus the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). For reasons that are avidly debated, the …

By: MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ALISON SMALE WASHINGTON — World leaders vowed Friday to confront climate change in a new international coalition that no longer includes the United States government, moving quickly to reshape global environmental alliances after President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord. At the White House, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, …

By: Agence France-Presse President Donald Trump declared that the US had run out of patience with North Korea over its nuclear drive as he welcomed South Korea’s new leader Moon Jae-In to talks at the White House. While Moon has been arguing for greater engagement with Pyongyang as the best way to put the brakes on its nuclear and ballistic …