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Salman Khurshid

MY FRIEND IMTIAZ AHMED

May 4, 2021

My friend, Imtiaz Ahmed, left us all on 29 April after struggling with Covid-19 for several days. One does not imagine the death of any living person easily or indeed be pushed to do so. As I look back, his special presence, the self-assured demeanor, the gentle cynicism, not easily...

Citizenship Debate: Aren’t Baloch, Pashtuns, Brahuis and Ahmadiyyas persecuted?

August 10, 2020

Incidentally, the persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh don’t include Muslims as they are sheltered from governments’ atrocities since ‘Islam’ is their major religion. But in reality, Baloch, Pashtuns, Brahuis (Muslims) and Ahmadiyyas (constitutionally de-recognised as Muslims) are politically and economically marginalised. Would CAA benefit all the ‘persecuted minorities’?...

Sterile mind games must give way to pragmatism

June 5, 2020

India, we were being repeatedly told, had discovered new magic. Suddenly, the world wanted to be where we were. And we wanted to be ever where in the world. From the High Table of world powers to a putative member of the reformed UN Security Council. Political leaders unknown to...