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Iran and Thailand: 400 years of historical ties
Oped, Nassereddin Heidari, Published on 11/02/2025
» For over four centuries, Iran and Thailand have always had a very friendly relationship.
Sudan: Death on the Nile and contagion risk
Oped, John J Metzler, Published on 05/05/2023
» There's blood in the Nile. The mighty river separating Sudan's capital city Khartoum has seen fighting erupt between two rival factions of the army. What could have been a quick internal flash-up between the main military factions, which have tenuously ruled this vast land since the 2021 military coup, has morphed into a bitter fight for power on the streets of the capital. More than 500 civilians have been killed in the crossfire, and foreign diplomatic, humanitarian workers and business people have been trying to flee the country.
No respite for refugees
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2023
» Re: "Camp blaze renders 12,000 homeless", (BP, March 8).
Sexual taboos confront Pakistan
Oped, Imran Khalid, Published on 07/10/2022
» Since early last month when Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, a staunch religious party, proposed the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights amend the Transgender Protection Act of 2018, Pakistan's social and mainstream media swarmed with heated debate on the subject.
Winter is on the way in Afghanistan
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/11/2021
» The first snow of the winter will reach Kabul any day now, and the death rate will start to climb: mostly children, at first, but it will not really be the cold that kills them. The cold will only finish the work that malnutrition began months or years ago -- but the other cause of their deaths will be a different kind of freeze.
Pakistan and Thailand enjoy enduring friendship
Oped, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Published on 23/03/2021
» As we celebrate Pakistan National Day today in Thailand, we are doubly delighted given that 2021 also marks 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Three hollow pillars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2020
» Re: "Why the Thai student movement can't exist", (Opinion, Aug 28).