How an Indian sees Pakistan
Pakistan is a dirty word in India. There exists an entire country in the imagination of Indians—one that is different from actual Pakistan—and maintaining...
India, a colossal washout in US versus China showdown
In a trove of declassified CIA documents some years ago, there was a list of Soviet jokes from the 1980s offering the glimpse of...
PIA PK 8303: The cost of incompetency
With most people fearful of flying in a pressurized aluminium tube, it comes as no surprise that often this fear persists due to an...
How does Trump aim to contain China?
This past week has been a catastrophic seven days that shook America. Some of the debris may have inevitably fallen on President Donald Trump...
‘Jirga System’ leads towards honor killing in Pakistan
As she wakes up every morning, she, as a daily ritual, goes through a mental instruction manual handed down to her for as long...
Covid-19 intensified ‘Gender-Based Violence’ in Pakistan, but how?
The world has changed for sure. Life has turned three sixty degrees for most of us. It is a time of action based upon...
Afghanistan: The latest breeding ground for Daesh
Daesh, the brutal militant outfit that had been nearly dismantled in 2017 in Syria and Iraq has reared its ugly head again. The group, which...
NATO vs Russia: Who will win Libya?
The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. Earlier this...
New World Order: Reasons why China will rise & US will fall
The rise of China, and the consequent loss of global American influence, has the potential to be a moment of tremendous significance in the...
Resolve Kashmir issue before it is too late
Before the end of the last century most gains of human equity were neutralised by greed-driven, inhuman leaders like Thatcher and Reagan. After three...
Unlawful killing of the black people exists in 21st century
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed and we hold...
How Gulf States can reinvent themselves amid pandemic
By and large, Gulf states garnered public trust with degrees of transparency in their handling of the pandemic and its associated economic crisis. Retaining...