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Rashed Rahman

Bajaur atrocity
Opinion

Bajaur atrocity

Pakistan’s long standing affliction of religious extremist terrorism is far from over. In Khar, Bajaur, Khyber...
Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:39am
The more things change…
Opinion

The more things change…

After a three weeks sojourn in the UK, returning to Pakistan was a case of an overdose of déjà vu. But I must not...
Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:59am
PTI’s meltdown
Opinion

PTI’s meltdown

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of Imran Khan is imploding. The initial trickle of ‘seasonal sparrows’ (fasli...
Updated 06 Jun, 2023 05:57am
Endgame PTI
Opinion

Endgame PTI

The events of the last two weeks have shaken Pakistan to the core. Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, 2023 by the...
Updated 23 May, 2023 06:42am
PTI’s future?
Opinion

PTI’s future?

The conflict between the two sides of the political elite, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the military, the...
Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am
Same old mantra all round
Opinion

Same old mantra all round

He came, he saw, he ‘conquered’. That is the take of hardline ‘patriots’ and a large section of our media on...
Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am
Sudan turmoil
Opinion

Sudan turmoil

In a world already troubled and divided profoundly by the ongoing and seemingly endless war in Ukraine, Sudan has...
Updated 25 Apr, 2023 06:45am
Teetering on the edge
Opinion

Teetering on the edge

The crisis that has Pakistan in its unrelenting grip has left the country teetering on the edge of a new ...
Updated 18 Apr, 2023 06:55am
Institutional meltdown
Opinion

Institutional meltdown

The business of writing a weekly column has become increasingly stressful in recent days. One reason for this is the...
Published 11 Apr, 2023 03:44am
Hanging by a hair’s thread
Opinion

Hanging by a hair’s thread

As these lines are being written, all eyes are once more fixed on the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on the issue of...
Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
Unending political conflict
Opinion

Unending political conflict

Imran Khan has claimed that unknown assassins were positioned at the Judicial Complex Islamabad on March 18, 2023...
Updated 21 Mar, 2023 07:03am
Something’s gotta give
Opinion

Something’s gotta give

A small group of alienated members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have...
Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am
Farcical shenanigans
Opinion

Farcical shenanigans

The country is beset with serious crises in the economic, political and security fields. Yet if one glances at the...
Published 07 Mar, 2023 03:16am
Time to wake up
Opinion

Time to wake up

What had been forecast by this writer after the post-APS military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP’s)...
Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am
The untouchables
Opinion

The untouchables

Our culture respects the dead. Condolences pour in from near and far, even from ‘enemies’. The faults of the...
Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:48am
Palestinians abandoned
Opinion

Palestinians abandoned

The new year has dawned in the midst of increased repression by Israel of Palestinians under its occupation. In the...
Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am