As we enter Pakistan, we cannot undermine its critical role not only in the South Asian theatre but also as a gateway to West Asia and the Central Asian arc. The country’s landscape stretches from the towering Karakoram Pass in the northeast to vital naval routes through the Arabian Sea.
The latest wave of US air strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen marks a dangerous escalation in a regional conflict that is fast becoming a global concern.
India's impending delimitation exercise presents a complex and deeply emotive challenge. At its heart lies the old North-South divide ~ an issue that has simmered quietly for decades but now threatens to reshape the political future of the world’s largest democracy.
President Donald Trump’s intentions to strike a peace deal in Ukraine without security guarantees for Kyiv and his possible relinquishing of America’s role as supreme allied commander of NATO have sparked concern among allies.
The recent return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams from an unexpectedly prolonged mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) marks yet another milestone in humanity’s evolving relationship with space.
Local palm oil producers should wean off a reliance on Indonesian and Bangladeshi foreign workers amidst the “severe” shortage of about 120,000 workers, says Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, Malaysia’s Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister said over the weekend.
No one would come to be afflicted with a bleeding heart if they came to know of honorariums from the Board of Control for Cricket in India for erstwhile first-class players.
Ukraine not only dominates how the USA views ties with Russia today but has also laid the basis for what the relationship could be like tomorrow.
We live in a bizarre country. That is the most appropriate term I find to describe Pakistan. It has some laws and official practices that are not only irrational but actually absurd when seen in the context of their implementation.
One should ask whether all these exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and seminars, books and articles have succeeded in making Ray's treasure reach the unreached, and whether his luminous creativity is being subjected to questioning in the context of present times.
