Author: Sarah Akel

LAHORE: As the Pakistani Supreme Court is moving forward aggressively with the hearing of a controversial presidential ordinance issued by…

LAHORE: Pakistani President Asif Zardari is the 10th richest sitting head of state on the planet today, who is believed…

LAHORE: The twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been struck by the deadly human bombs 28 times during the…

LAHORE: The Wednesday arrest of five US-born Pakistanis from a Jaish-e-Mohammad-run facility in the Sargodha city of Punjab, seems to…

On December 14, Lebanese president Michel Sulaiman is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House. It…

LAHORE: The American intelligence sleuths stationed in Pakistan are trying to ascertain whether Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, alias Pasha, a…

LAHORE: At least 366 innocent Pakistanis have been killed and 901 injured in the first 11 months of year 2009…

Late on November 25, just before the start of the Islamic Eid festival and, coincidentally, Thanksgiving in the United States,…

My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role…

LAHORE: A year after the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that literally shook the Indian commercial capital, the Pakistan-based pro-Kashmiri…

LAHORE: One year after the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, the court trial of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi alias Chacha Jee, the…

By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 83, 27-Nov-09) Khaled Kanjo had lived in Europe for years but Germany rejected his…

In October, Lebanon was elected to one of ten non-permanent member seats on the United Nations Security Council. Come January…

LAHORE: One month down the road since the Pakistan Army launched a massive military operation against the al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked…

LAHORE: The Pakistan government has decided to hold a fresh probe into the May 2002 killings of 11 French engineers…

LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has decided to take up for regular hearing two pending corruption cases against President…

Prepared remarks for delivery at debate with Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha, American University, November 11, 2009. We should begin by…

(New York, November 13, 2009) – The Damascus Bar Association should reverse this week’s decision to permanently disbar the lawyer…

LAHORE: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has once again been accused of having received millions of dollars in kickbacks from…

A Victory for Islamism?: The Second Lebanon War and Its Repercussions Executive Summary This study, translated from the original Swedish,…

LAHORE: The recent unearthing of a corruption scam involving the embattled Pakistani President Asif Zardari can eventually leave him with…

Nearly six months after the demonstrations that followed June’s disputed presidential election, Iran’s pro-democracy “green movement” is as strong as…

On November 6. 1990, 40 brave Saudi women drove their cars publicly in the capitol of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, to…

LAHORE: Over 100 corruption and criminal cases involving important Pakistani politicians including President Asif Zardari, which had been settled earlier…

LAHORE: Another major corruption scam has hit the embattled Pakistani president Asif Zardari — this time for purchasing 2,460 Kanals…

Metransparent had published an Arabic translation of Ahmet Altan’s article written in the aftermath of the arrival of a peaceful…

For its historical and political examination of terrorism in Pakistan, ” Talibanization of Pakistan: From 9/11 to 26/11 ” is…

Preliminary investigations by the Pakistani authorities indicate that the terrorists who had targeted the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army…

LAHORE: In a major setback to the ongoing trial of the seven suspects arrested by the Pakistani police for their…

LAHORE: Islamabad has informed Tehran that Jundullah (or Soldiers of God), the Pakistan-based anti-Shia militant outfit, which has claimed responsibility…

LAHORE: Mohammad Aqeel alias Dr Osman, the only Pakistani militant captured alive in critical condition from the premises of the…

(New York, October 17, 2009) – The Syrian government should reveal the fate of the prominent lawyer and rights activist…

LAHORE: Preliminary investigations by the Pakistani authorities show that the terrorists who had targeted the GHQ building in Rawalpindi on…

LAHORE: Some key leaders of several jehadi and sectarian groups, including a jailed militant, were flown from Lahore, Bahawalpur and…

LAHORE: At least 20 people were killed and over 100 injured on October 15 when Taliban-linked terrorists wearing police and…

LAHORE: The hostage taking drama at the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army in the garrison town of Rawalpindi…

LAHORE: Amidst rising tension between Pakistan’s civilian government and the country’s military tops brass over some controversial provisions of the…

The reaction in Turkey to the recent death of Ertugrul Osman, heir to the Ottoman throne and successor to the…

Last week, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Feisal Mekdad travelled to Washington for meetings at the State Department and White House.…

LAHORE: The Pakistan government and the country’s military top brass has developed serious differences over certain observations made in the…

LAHORE: Reportedly killed in a US drone attack on August 25, 2009 in the South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan,…

LAHORE: It has been eight years since the supreme commander of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, vanished into the…

“Talibanization of Pakistan: From 9/11 to 26/11” is a comprehensive and equally authoritative handbook on the rise and growth of…

PolicyWatch #1586: Special Policy Forum Report On September 18, 2009, Stephen P. Rosen and Mehdi Khalaji addressed a special Policy…

PolicyWatch #1583 On September 10, after seventy-three days of trying to formulate a government, Lebanon’s prime minister designate, Saad Hariri,…

Dears, I do believe free people around the world can help a lot to make women’s lives in Saudi Arabia…

لا يوجد شك في أن كل إعادة تأسيس فكري تبدأ بصفحة بيضاء. ولكن هذه الإعادة لا تأتي من فراغ فكري؛…

LAHORE: The reported death of the ameer of the Azad Kashmir chapter of the Harkatul Jehadul Islami (HUJI) Commander Ilyas…

PolicyWatch #1580 While the United States is concentrating on the G-20 summit and the October 1 meeting with the secretary…

LAHORE: Pakistani President Asif Zardari has finally conceded being part of an international deal to grant safe exit to a…