(Tahir Masood) On 4 July 2025, former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in an interview with Al Jazeera, ignited a firestorm by suggesting that Pakistan might consider extraditing individuals like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar to India as a “goodwill gesture” to foster “comprehensive dialogue.” This reckless proposition, cloaked in diplomatic rhetoric, is not…
(By Mohsin Tanveer) The recent controversy surrounding the Indian film “Sardaar Ji 3” has once again laid bare the deep-seated arrogance, intolerance, and rising ultra-nationalism embedded within sections of Indian society—especially its film industry. This episode, which began with the vilification of a Pakistani actor featured in the film’s trailer, has snowballed into a wider…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Introduction: The Great Silence India, the world’s largest democracy, prides itself on its ancient civilisation, diverse society, and constitutional secularism. Yet behind the veneer of democratic ideals and economic progress, a deeply disturbing reality is unfolding: the calculated suffocation of the country’s 200-million-strong Muslim population. Once seen as equal citizens under the…
(By Khalid Masood) On 18 June 2025, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) released a damning report accusing India of orchestrating foreign interference and transnational repression, including the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. This revelation, coupled with allegations of a thwarted plot against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the United…
(By Khalid Masood) In Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations (2018), Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive facets of Israel’s national security apparatus: its use of targeted killings to neutralize perceived threats. Hailed as a New York Times bestseller and winner…
(By Khalid Masood) In early June 2025, Los Angeles became the epicenter of a national firestorm over immigration enforcement, as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids erupted into clashes with law enforcement. Sparked by aggressive federal operations targeting undocumented immigrants, the unrest spread from California to cities like New York, Chicago, and Atlanta,…
(By Khalid Masood) In India, a nation once celebrated as the world’s largest democracy, a dark tide of intolerance has surged under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Muslims, numbering 200 million, face systematic targeting through discriminatory laws, arbitrary deportations, and vigilante violence, rendering them strangers in…
(By Khalid Masood) Abstract The Seven Sister States of Northeast India—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura—have remained marginalized, militarized, and methodically silenced under the colonial-style occupation of the Indian state. Since 1947, these lands have witnessed relentless waves of armed resistance and civil defiance against a union that annexed them without consent,…
(By Khalid Masood) In the summer of 2022, Leicester, a multicultural hub in the English Midlands, erupted in violence between Hindu and Muslim communities, exposing a simmering fault line fueled by disinformation and extremist ideologies. A leaked National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) report, compiled by the National Community Tension Team in 2025, identified Hindutva—a Hindu…
(By Khalid Masood) On June 3, 2025, at a United Nations press conference in New York, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari unleashed a biting quip, labeling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “Temu version” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The remark, invoking a Chinese e-commerce platform known for affordable replicas, was more…
