Jan Achakzai
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Jan Achakzai is a geopolitical analyst, a party leader in the ruling PML-N party, and advisor to Balochistan Government on media and strategic communication. He remained associated with BBC World Service in London covering South and West Asia.
Opinion
A candid conversation with UAE Ambassador Al Zaabi
"In school we grew up with kids from over 200 countries and nationalities, as we (UAE) are a multi-ethnic society," the young UAE Ambassador...
Digital Magazine
UAE’s deal with Israel and Pakistan’s populist FP dilemma
The UAE-Israel historic accord on "normalization of relations" have found resonance in Pakistan with many quarters in the country criticizing Dubai for normalizing diplomatic...
Op-Ed
Covid-19: Keep this in mind before easing the lockdown
As the government is moving from lockdown to easing restrictions on businesses and allowing some normalcy, we must remember, Pakistan is not out of...
India
India emboldened by US retrenchment
India’s growing provocative posture towards Pakistan and its threat of pinning the Pakistan army for “maintaining peace”, is a reflection in large measure of...
Afghanistan
COVID-19 will alter the geopolitics in the region
In its wake, COVID-19 crippled economies made states dysfunctional, disintegrated social bonds by isolation, social distancing overwhelmed health and safety infrastructure the world over....
Op-Ed
Hey, Pakistani leaders! Stop scoring points on Coronavirus
Many experts fear that global recession is not conjecture but reality as Coronavirus has caused short term economic disruption across the world from China...
Op-Ed
Balochistan’s water-crisis: Tailored solutions before its too late
Opinion |Climate change is further exacerbating the precarious situation by altering the water and weather patterns around the globe, causing droughts and water shortages...
China
Taiwan added to the list of US weapons against China
Opinion |Anti-Chinese incumbent President Tsai Ing-Wen’s re-election is the fallout of increasing strategic rivalry between China and the US. It comes on the heels...
India
India descending into chaos & fascism
Opinion |As if brutalities against IO-Kashmirs and denying citizenship to millions of Muslims in Assam, were not enough, the Indian government took a major...
Op-Ed
Sharifs money recovered through proxy? Is PM vindicated?
Opinion |After months of accusations by political opponents for failing to recover any stolen asset, for the first time, PTI government has achieved a...
Op-Ed
SC’s hearing picked by social media to batter Imran Govt & malign Army
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision to take up the issue of Army Chief’s extension and its subsequent verdict has implications far beyond the...
Military
No, No, Establishment is Not Packing Imran Government
Opinion |Since Imran Khan took office, a section of media, political pundits and the naysayers are claiming his government will be gone any moment....
