Washington Balances Syrian Engagement with Commitment to Lebanese Allies
This week, the State Department’s top Middle East diplomat is slated to meet with Syrian…
Monthly Archives: February, 2009
The Pakistan imbroglio
LAHORE: The Pakistan politics has taken a dramatic turn as a Supreme Court verdict, declaring…
On not debating Christopher Hitchens
Much attention was paid last week to the run-in the British-American author and journalist Christopher…
Peace Deal of An Utter Surrender
LAHORE: The much-trumpeted peace deal reached between the government and the leader of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi…
Saudi Arabia’s Silent Spring
Why there’s less to King Abdullah’s Valentine’s Day reform than meets the eye. Three and…
Pak Taliban form new alliance with Mullah Omar as their supreme leader
By Amir Mir LAHORE: Days after the Pakistan government and the Taliban inked a peace…
Pakistan facing another major political crisis
LAHORE: Barely a year after the public voted out the Musharraf regime and reinstated faith…
A road still long for the Hariri tribunal
We were delighted to realize last week that Daniel Bellemare, the head of the United…
Saudi Arabia Changes Course, Slowly
On February 14, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced a range of new ministerial, legal,…
Peace deal to revive Sufi, legitimize TNSM
LAHORE: The Pakistan government’s decision to sign a peace agreement with Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the…
Pak Govt-Militants deal a high risk affair
LAHORE: The Pakistan government’s decision to sign a peace deal with the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) by…
Yusef Azizi Bani Taraf in Conversation with Rooz
(Ahwazi friends had made an Arabic translation of the Rooz interview which metransparent published on…
What prompted Pakistan to concede its citizen’s hand in Mumbai attacks?
LAHORE: Pakistan has finally acknowledged for the first time, almost 80 days after the Mumbai…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Iran
During a February trip to Iran, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal praised Iranian leaders for their…
An election that raises Syria’s appetite
Leave it to the Israelis and Palestinians to extinguish the heavenly light that accompanied Barack…
The Lebanese Armed Forces: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Syria Lebanon
Author: Aram Nerguizian Read the Full Report Synopsis: The purpose of this report is to…
Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran: Monthly Report January 2009
Detentions of Azerbaijani ethnic and human rights activists continue in Iran.Activists are arbitrarily detained without…
ONE MAN, ONE VOTE
From fragments of children in a shadeforsaken camp Concentrated especially for infant rest, there beyond…
Pakistan suspects HUJI hand in Mumbai attacks
ISLAMABAD: The three member Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing into the Mumbai terror…
David Dodge: aristocrat or footnote?
Daily Star staff In his book “The Arabists”, Robert D. Kaplan describes an episode after…
The Art of ‘egging’ and ‘shoeing’ as a tool of political expression
Iqbal Latif- Paris Eggs are economical, nonlethal and messy enough to spoil the day of…
Finding Gaza in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV – “Are you proud of yourself for visiting Israel? Especially now?” I am…
Iranian Women’s Rights under Islamic laws
The value of a woman’s life is one half of the life of a man.…
Religious Seminaries or Jehadi Recruitment Centers
Lahore– Pakistan’s enormous madrassa (religious seminaries) sector has been at the centre of debates on…