By:  Aarati Krishnan Not so long ago, bi-monthly policy meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) entailed nail-biting suspense for market participants, who...

By: Mushtaq Hurra No doubt, remembrance of Allah (Zikr) is a form of devotion in which a worshipper is absorbed in the rhythmic repetition of the name of Allah and...

By: Pulapre Balakrishnan At the end of May the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released much-awaited estimates of national income for the final quarter of the 2017-18 financial year. The timing...

BY: Shamila Mahmood THE failure to resolve issues concerning the Kishenganga Hydro Electric Plant became apparent when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated KHEP on May 19, 2018, in India-held...

BY: Kamal Bawa Life is a unique asset of our planet. India is blessed with an extraordinary richness of life. A myriad of unusual and exquisite species occur in the...

BY: Moeed Yusuf It’s been two decades since India and Pakistan forced their way into the coveted nuclear club. As the leaders of the two countries talked about the importance...

BY: Kamila Hyat We have faced several periods in the past when thoughts and ideas were restricted. But the problem has persisted. The ban reportedly placed on an O Levels...

BY: Mirza Waheed An ordinary man was tortured in Kashmir in April last year. He was beaten, strapped with ropes to the front of a military vehicle and a cardboard...

By: Mushtaq Hurra The turmoil has brought unending and relentless miseries upon common masses of Kashmir for the last three decades or so. From killings, rapes, custodial disappearances to huge...

By: Ayesha Siddiqa The conversation between former head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) A S Dulat and retired director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General Asad Durrani...