Afghan Tragedy Unfolds in Pakistan
Asad Mirza The deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan back to Afghanistan, as per a government directive is causing untold suffering and miseries to the Afghans living in Pakistan for…
Islamophobe Greet Wilders, the new Dutch PM?
Asad Mirza Last week’s elections in Netherlands threw up a rather surprising victory i.e. Greet Wilders, a known rightist and Islamophobe. Perhaps his victory marks the continuing trend of right-wing…
Palestine Conflict Overshadows Ukraine War
The on-going Palestine-Israel conflict seems to have overtaken the global attention from more than 18 months-old Russia -Ukraine war. It also seems that the U.S. is slowly turning its back…
Israel-Gaza Conflict: Muslims are against Zionism not Judaism
By Asad Mirza The on going Israel Palestine has found a new supporter at the global level i.e. the right-wing Hindu nationalists. Though most of them do not have any…
Qatar: The Regional Mediator
By Asad Mirza The on-going conflict in west Asia has again seen the re-emergence of the tiny state of Qatar, as the leading conflict mediator in the region. Last week…
Cairo Peace Summit; Outcomes remain elusive
Asad Mirza Egypt hosted the Cairo Peace Summit to express solidarity with the Palestinians in the ongoing conflict in West Asia, and also to strive for to find solutions to…
Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
Asad Mirza The latest blitz by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent refugee exodus to Armenia should be termed and condemned, as ethnic cleansing of the conclave and so-called Islamic…
Women’s reservation may open up Pandora’s box of caste system
By Devsagar Singh By enacting a legislation for women’s reservation in parliament and assemblies, the Modi Government seems to have stumped the Opposition INDIA alliance ahead of elections in five…
India’s South East Asia Policy
Asad Mirza Recently the diplomatic bustle at the national level was focussed on G20 Summit. However, in addition to that the prime minister also focussed on India’s Look East policy…
Reservation for Women, an International Perspective
By Nirendra Dev At the time when a modified version of Women Reservation Bill has been introduced in the new building of Indian parliament, it is pertinent to reflect the…