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Pakistan’s democracy has opportunity to deliver
General Raheel Sharif – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...Jan 27, 2016 1113 1 -
What keeps Egyptians’ quest for democracy unrequited
Five yeas ago Egyptians launched the Arab Spring uprising on January 25, when, inspired by the Tunisian demonstrations, men and women from almost all segments of the society raised their full throttle but mostly peaceful demand...Jan 24, 2016 953 0 -
The unspeakable plight of children in conflict zones
Last year, when I watched with horror a documentary telling tales of children caught in the crosshairs of Syrian civil war, I wondered if the excruciating accounts would jolt the world out of inaction after the...Jan 22, 2016 1042 0 -
Pakistan University Massacre: Terrorists choose soft target once again
This time it was the Bacha Khan University in Pakistan’s northwestern Pushtun belt town of Charsadda – a center of ancient Gandhara civilization – in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which along with tribal areas has been on...Jan 20, 2016 1072 0 -
62 Billionaires Hold More Wealth Than 3.6 Billion People : Inequality Study
Just 62 individual billionaires around the world have more wealth than 3.6 billion people combined, according to a latest report by an international charity which says ending the global web of tax havens is the key...Jan 20, 2016 1306 0 -
Iran in limelight with a thousand ramifications
In a development holding out wide-ranging implications, the United States and Europe Saturday lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for Teheran’s implementation of its end of last year’s nuclear deal that stops the oil-rich Persian nation...Jan 17, 2016 1098 0 -
For Republican contenders, Clinton is Already the Democratic Nominee
If recent polls were any worries for Hillary Clinton, the sixth presidential debate among Republican hopefuls should wipe out every bit of them. For all but two of the seven top contenders for the Republican ticket...Jan 16, 2016 891 0 -
Digital Advances: Winners, Losers and Spoilers
The impact of information technologies on everyday human activity has been so sweeping that for majority of populations in the digitally connected world life is viewed in two broad ways: online and offline. Increasingly, productivity, GDP...Jan 14, 2016 1227 0 -
More than two-third of 71 slain journalists in 2015 were targeted
Photo above shows a photographer in the line of duty, returning after getting a close shot of a burning vehicle. Photo Credit : Aziz Ahmed for Views and News The death of 71 journalists in 2015...Jan 14, 2016 1042 0 -
In farewell State of the Union, Obama pitches optimism
In his farewell State of the Union address to Congress, President Barack Obama delivered a high-pitched message of American optimism to meet new challenges, as he rejected the alarmist approach to national and international issues, and...Jan 13, 2016 1633 0