The Indian reaction to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 23 in New York was along predictable lines. The Kashmir dispute had suffered stalemate for the past decades when Prime Minister…

Kashmiris of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are being denied their right to live. Force, as well as legal weapons, are being employed to weaken the Kashmiri struggle for self-determination. Aaker Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International,…

There have been a series of exchanges between Pakistan and the United States in the past few weeks. Many questions are lingering, given the visible freeze in the bilateral relationship, especially after the withdrawal of the American and NATO troops from Afghanistan.…

The relations between Pakistan and the Taliban have hit a bumpy road during the past few weeks. The latest irritant has been the Taliban Acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob’s accusations that Pakistan allowed the use of its airspace by the Americans,…

Pakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change Jason Edward Hickel’s tweet was a source of consolation at a time when my fellow countrymen are in distress owing to a deluge. The renowned economic anthropologist, while lamenting over the unprecedented…

Balochistan has been the worst hit in recent floods as 95 percent of the province was inundated in the flash floods. The unusual monsoon rains were 500 percent greater than average, which the poor infrastructure in the province could not sustain. The…

The Taliban 2.0 regime has stayed put in power for more than a year. As they marked their one-year rule on August 15, 2022, it was a muted affair. The mood in the capital, Kabul, was dull and there was hardly anything…

Every year the nation celebrates its Defence Day with the memory of halcyon days ‘All I will say here is that we failed to defeat Pakistan-a smaller power than us.’ –Lt Gen B M Kaul Sixth of September is a day that…

Amidst scepticism, the US return to the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is again making rounds in the media and diplomatic circles. The Ukrainian crisis has provided the necessary trigger to allow the Iranian oil…

Thousands dead or swept away in floods; over 5,000 km of roads destroyed, Balochistan severed from Sindh and Punjab I was in tears as I saw a social media post wherein a teenage boy, who is a rag-picker, contributed to the flood…