Politics

9pm: Official result: PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah has won the Manek Urai by-election by a majority of 65 votes. He garnered 5,348 vote...

By WONG CHUN WAI The fallout in the Kedah state government is evidence of how different it is to run a government with partners. PAS is cert...

By ZAINAH ANWAR A bold attempt to resolve a protracted problem has yet again revealed the rifts among Malaysians in matters of religion. The...

Paktan Rakyat reached its collective zenith at the March 2008 general election, when it won four new state governments plus federal territor...

Parti Keadilan Raykat (PKR) will hold a special congress tomorrow to approve its widescale proposed reforms, which, among others, will propo...

DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS Datuk Dennis Ignatius is a 36-year veteran of the Malaysian foreign service. He has served in Bri...

By ZAINAH ANWAR A bold attempt to resolve a protracted problem has yet again revealed the rifts among Malaysians in matters of religion. The...

The Internet, particularly blogs, could be useful for making the truth known, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. He said kn...

The events surrounding the alternating identity of Perak’s Mentri Besar seem troubling, but the legal procedures are what our courts and Con...

By KARIM RASLAN Despite a spate of well-orchestrated walkabouts and some sensible government decision-making, many Malaysians – especially n...

By DZOF AZMI 1Malaysia is great in theory, but to achieve ‘one-ness’, there should be a clear goal and our leaders must show us the way to a...

By JOCELINE TAN The former Premier will be a factor in the new administration but those who think that Tun Dr mahathir Mohamad is out to und...

BY JOCELINE TAN The naming of new Umno leaders in several states is a sign of how serious party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is abou...

By KARIM RASLAN In more mature markets, the newspapers are the forum for debate and analysis, while the Internet is the news hub, churning o...

PKR says that the possibility that Barisan Nasional may not field a candidate in Penanti shows that it is afraid of losing with a bigger maj...

By WONG CHUN WAI Barisan Nasional can win back the people if its elected representatives are humble, credible and become champions of fair p...

There is politics, and there is politicking over politics. Apparently, the latest example of this is the prospective Penanti by-election. P...

By JOCELINE TAN It was not exactly a dream team but new Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak did get a group that he can confidently de...

By TAN KENG LIANG Youth Chief PGRM KedahVice Chairman PGRM Kedah We refer to the recent 3 months suspension on the newspaper Harakah and Sua...