Amnesty International’s call to investigate the strike on Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation centre as a possible war crime raises grave questions. By examining the ruins, interviewing witnesses and studying satellite imagery, the organisation may reconstruct some of what happened after the munition struck. However, it cannot, from those sources alone, conclusively reconstruct the intelligence picture, […]
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Al-Mirsaad and the Art of Selective Scrutiny
The struggle for influence between states is no longer confined to border posts and military deployments. It now unfolds daily in the quiet machinery of digital platforms, state-linked outlets, and the clever arrangement of selected facts. A narrative repeated often enough can harden into truth. A missing detail can leave a permanent scar on public […]
Selective Discipline
In post-Oct 7 America, Muslim students continue to learn a harsh lesson wherein their speech is often heard through suspicion before it is heard on its own terms. For months, protests swept across major college campuses in the US as tens of thousands of students called for an end to the Israel-Gaza war, with some […]
Selective Accountability
Pakistan does not suffer from a shortage of scandals. It suffers from a shortage of consistency. The latest allegations surrounding Dr Fazeela Abbasi have once again exposed that fault line. According to investigators, around Rs25 billion moved through 22 bank accounts linked to her, with funds allegedly routed to Dubai and the United States and […]
Senator Sherry calls out India’s selective sportsmanship
Senator Sherry Rehman has issued a strong response to India’s statements surrounding cricket, calling it a pattern of “selective peace, selective sportsmanship, and selective responsibility” that South Asia can no longer afford. Senator Sherry Rehman said Pakistan never wanted political toxicity to be introduced in sports and those demanding calm and sanity in cricket today […]