Afghan peace: India’s failing proxies against Pakistan
Since the 80s, Delhi has been convinced that a direct conflict with Pakistan would be disastrous because Pakistan had implicitly developed nuclear device. Therefore,...
The Arctic: Great powers & their geopolitical interests
Climate change, global warming, and new trends of power politics have brought the Arctic into unique geopolitical limelight. The melting ice-cap is altering conditions...
Indo-Pak: Polished guns but impoverished humans
In the world of conflicts, a quest for peace and human security is inevitable. Even though the credibility of the United Nations has certainly...
Kashmir: Iran’s handling of Israel offers valuable lessons for Pakistan
For months after August 5, 2019, when the state of Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of the special status and carved into two Union...
Lockdown: Middle class to fight hunger and malnutrition
Twenty-five percent of the Pakistani population lives below the poverty line. This population predominantly consists of illiterate, daily wagers, unskilled or semi-skilled workers having...
Covid-19: Remembering Russell in these idle times
The advent of industrial society changed our attitude to work and leisure. Societies began to regard long hours of work, with concomitant monetary compensation,...
What’s next for Prime Minister Imran Khan?
Prime Minister Imran Khan, intellectuals and government functionaries must realise that the world’s worst collective economic depression of its history is not ahead, but...
Covid-19: Time to rescue Balochistan
People of Balochistan depend on two sources for their survival: the God and the Government. There are no social, industrial or corporate sector in...
Modi: Caught between coronavirus and Muslims
There is a high watermark of the tide of the deluge that has swept through India in the name of coronavirus, which is currently...
A Coronavirus guide to fixing Pakistan’s economy
Sana Jamal & Muhammad Ahsan| In the pandemic era, every day we learn about new cases, new fatalities but every new day also brings us...
With US sanctions intact, China emerges as Iran’s lifeline
The Covid-19 pandemic has become a political testing ground for Iran and the US. Whether or not US should lift sanctions on Iran, is...
Covid-19: Measures that are proven to be effective
In the age of Covid-19, life has changed dramatically. Whenever a person faces tough times, there are always two ways to confront a situation:...