US defeat in Afghanistan: Ending west’s dream of hegemony over Eurasian land mass?
The ex-Soviet states of the Caucasus and Central Asia have, following the early 1990s, been “all about America's energy security” according to Bill Richardson,...
Sugar: Poisoning our health, industry and economy (part 2)
To reiterate the crux of part 1 of this series, Sugar: Health, Industry, Economy, Pakistan’s policy environment is skewed in favor of sugarcane cultivation....
The Alt-Media community: Virtue signaling & false assumptions about Afghanistan
Many in the Alt-Media Community (AMC) are resorting to virtue signaling and false comparisons about Afghanistan following the Taliban's decisive anti-imperialist victory there over the Americans....
To the “reluctant honchos”, Pakistan needs honest leadership – Dr. Farid A. Malik
Dr. Farid A. Malik, an ex-Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, thinks authority figures in Pakistan are not performing well in their organizations. Reluctance to perform in such important positions of authority is a sin that cannot be condoned. One must deliver or get out of the way.
Corruption in Pakistan: A never-ending challenge
According to Dr. Farid A. Malik, an Ex-Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, corruption combined with incompetence has become the order of the day. The combination of honest and able individuals which once existed has almost become extinct.
China is not responsible for Biden’s decision of US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Popular conservative commentator Candace Owens tweeted that US President Biden pulled out of Afghanistan on China's orders. His exact words were as follows: “Biden...
What does international law say about the Taliban government?
With the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in Afghanistan, legal questions abound. The standard security and geopolitical lenses applicable in many such situations...
From Lord Macaulay to General Zia ul Haq
On February 02, 1835, Lord Babington Macaulay uttered the following words about the people of the Indian Subcontinent, " I have traveled across the...
How is China, India, and Iran coping with the fallout of former Afghan government?
Taliban advances in Afghanistan shift the Central Asian playing field on which China, India and the United States compete with rival infrastructure-driven approaches. At...
The return of Taliban after two decades
The US attacked Afghanistan, under the lame excuse of staged drama “9/11” twenty years ago and pushed the Taliban out. Although no concrete evidence...
A guideline for the rights of overseas Pakistanis
According to Gabriel Sheffer diaspora is defined as: “ethnic minority groups of migrant origins residing and acting in host countries but maintaining strong sentimental...
The Great Western Escape in Afghanistan – Andrew Korybko
Russian Analyst, Andrew Korybko, argues that all western assessments of Afghan National Army's strength have proved wrong as it collapses under Taliban onslaught who are taking city after city and US and allies are evacuating embassies and fleeing in panic.