Values of tolerance

The Nation: by Ahmad Zia Tulla – The social system of an Islamic state offers protection to non Muslims. They have been termed as Dhimis ‘protected people’. They are so-called as soon as they submit to Islamic rule; it becomes the duty of the Islamic State to protect their life, […]

Top Bangladesh Opposition Leader Sentenced to Death

Source: Daily Star. Ashutosh Sarkar, Mahbubur Rahman Khan and Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary In the first-ever war crimes verdict against any BNP leader, a special tribunal yesterday sentenced Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death for committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Read more Top Bangladesh Opposition Leader […]

Chahbahar and Gwadar

Originally published in the Nation October 01, 2013 BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI  Even before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “loud-thinking” the idea of making Gwadar into a free port- India moved in May this year to counter China, upgrading Iran’s Chahbahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan. An […]