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Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AFP)

Death sentence for Musharraf a clear message to the military

Musharraf is required to be present in the country to file an appeal against his conviction but his return is...

19 Dec 2019 4:47 AM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

De-radicalising' Uighur Muslims: Is the Chinese action justified?

The Chinese claim has not been verified by independent sources and mystery shrouds its deradicalisation or re-education...

18 Dec 2019 2:42 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

The end of a dream, or new beginning for UK?

Muslims expect humanity to persecuted Hindus abroad will damage their civic rights.

18 Dec 2019 2:40 AM IST

The National Register of Citizenship phenomena, therefore, looks different, smells different and feels different.

Assam protests due to politics of xenophobia

The protests in Assam and Meghalaya were against the Citizenship Amendment Act alone.

17 Dec 2019 7:45 AM IST

Many of us with a Western education consider our clerical parties a retrogressive force that wants to push Pakistan back to the medieval era.

World faces a perfect storm of discontent

In Pakistan, we have a special case where mobs are usually associated with religious movements or parties.

17 Dec 2019 7:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

The curious case of Modi's absence from CAB debate

Though the BJP has named Narayan Lal Panchariya as its chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, he has virtually no role during...

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Future of post-Brexit UK: No easy answers

The UK is now virtually certain to leave the EU at the end of January 2020.

16 Dec 2019 12:00 AM IST

To speak about her as on these Wikipedias talk pages is disrespectful to her legacy and ignorant of the issues of dalit peoples.

How Wikipedia cancels dalit icons

Engagements on the platform often seem to presume that they will automatically be the most neutral or the best judge of...

15 Dec 2019 12:59 AM IST

Police at the site of the alleged encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinary on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Anatomy of a police encounter in India

Policemen are nervously preparing to take the accused to the spot where the crime took place and recreate it.

15 Dec 2019 12:00 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: File)

CAB: BJP sows seeds of strife across South Asia

The Indian amendment raises a number of troubling questions.

14 Dec 2019 6:06 AM IST

In view of the partys own history where it has shown no distaste for accommodative arrangements with the establishment to counter ethno-nationalists, as recently as five years ago and the history of Pakistans compromised mainstream political parties in general, it would not be misplaced to suggest that ideological commitment to procedural democracy usually runs shallow.

Sex segregation in Saudi ending, never mind what the critics say

At the beginning of the week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was putting an end to gender segregation in restaurants.

14 Dec 2019 6:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

War, lies and failure: That's the story of US in Afghan

As highlighted in the report, the lack of a clear strategy and conflicting objectives has dogged the war from the...

13 Dec 2019 1:59 AM IST