OP ED – Huffington Post. The Nobel Peace prize is generally awarded in recognition of achievements; or as inspiration to help mobilize international pressure to support human rights activists in countries where reform is urgently needed. President Obama’s Peace prize in 2009 was for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen dipl

OP ED – Huffington Post. Here’s a familiar story — a minority religious group is persecuted and its members killed for their beliefs, with early records of massacres dating from 1050 AD. Religious intolerance against dietary laws and discrimination, sometimes violent, continued over the centuries until by 1930, riots were commo

OP ED – Huffington Post. The announcement that Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate created a media storm in the United States, one that will rumble on from now until Election Day in November. The battle lines are now drawn with the Republican ticket unequivocally to the far right, [...]

OP ED – Common Ground News Service. Boston, Massachusetts – It is tempting to look for simple solutions to Pakistan’s many challenges, but reality suggests that the way forward will be complex. One key challenge facing the country today is “brain drain”, well-educated Pakistanis leaving the country. Yet the money sent back home

OP ED – Huffington Post. The recent allegations against PTI chairman, Imran Khan, suggesting that he misused Shaukat Khanum Hospital funds in a failed real estate deal is a smokescreen typically raised by opposition political parties. As Imran Khan’s popularity grows with the restless Pakistani electorate, accusations against him wil