Opinion
The Waqf Amendment and the UCC: A Tale of Contradictions
The Waqf Act is unconstitutional as it violates Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution. At the same time, the Uniform Civil Code also...
The Lasting Legacy of Pope Francis in the Middle East
Mina Al-Oraibi
“Dramatic and deplorable”. That is how Pope Francis described the situation for Gazans in his sermon on Easter Sunday, a day before his...
India Finds Itself Toggling Between Two Irreconcilable Triangles
TO describe the Donald Trump phenomenon as a tectonic shift in world politics, as India’s foreign minister recently did, is akin to the inebriated...
Urdu: Will It Ever Get Its Due?
Asad Mirza
LAST week, a Supreme Court bench’s observation on the use of Urdu has once again opened a Pandora’s box on the treatment meted...
French Contradictions: Macron’s Palestine Play – Too Little, Too Late?
Dr Ramzy Baroud
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vehement opposition to a Palestinian state aligns perfectly with a long-standing Zionist ideology that has consistently viewed...