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The name “Abraham Accords” emphasises the shared origin and heritage of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all emanating from Prophet Ibrahim and...
The 2022 economic crisis shook the Pakistani people in a unique way. When the dollar rose, imports were halted, and reserves were running low; the...
Muslims, Shiite and Sunni, celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the Big Eid, this week. And last Sunday, the Christians celebrated Whitsun, also called Pentecost,...
Faulty strategic decisions by Pakistan have historically centred on regional over-extension, alliances of convenience, and delayed economic reforms....
Francis Fukuyama, one of the finest political commentators of modern times, emphasised the idea of liberal democracy in his writing by stating, “I...
Most unfortunately, regretfully and quite shamefully, India has never accepted the partition of the subcontinent and the subsequent creation of...
The tenure of Donald Trump will be remembered by future historians not for its populist fervour, but for the stark contrast between its “America...
While much of the world continues debating how to make education accessible, affordable and inclusive, Punjab has delivered one of the most...
All cities in Pakistan suffer from air pollution to some extent, but Lahore is coming out on top. There was a time when Lahore was known for its lush...
The silence after the Quetta Chaman Phatak attack carries familiar echoes: shattered families, national outrage, official condemnations, and difficult...
ALÉXANDROS HO MAKEDÓN. History remembers him as Alexander the Great. Standing at the edge of the known world, he believed that destiny bowed to him....
There is a moment in the long, unglamorous history of weapons development when a technology stops being a tool and starts being a doctrine. The...
The geopolitics of the Middle East have historically resembled a fault line where regional ambitions and global power dynamics frequently collide. At...
US policy in the Middle East has been so problematic because policymakers refuse to consider its impact on the Arab people. With Israel, it’s a...
The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Shahbaz Masih v. Additional Session Judge confirmed a fear that lay in everyone’s mind: that “judgments...
Throughout history, humanity has sought to make sense of the supernatural realm, leading to the development of various religious beliefs and...
In the first part of my column, I dealt with the factors leading to the survival of this old evil practice in regions inhabited by tribes under their...
The recent statement by Dattatreya Hosabale, General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, that “the doors of dialogue with Pakistan should...
It has been over seven decades, and India is still in search of a methodology on how to handle Pakistan. Wars and the dismemberment of its western...
“I’m not a toy … I don’t want to be married to someone forcibly.” These words by Inteha Bibi stayed with me long after I first read them....
Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to China falls into the category of events where symbolism sometimes matters more than treaties. No grand alliance was...
21 May marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Over the past 75 years, standing together...
In a small hostel room, on a borrowed laptop, a young woman keeps refreshing the website of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), which is...
The Sindhi words ‘Karo Kari’ literally mean blackened, stained or disgraced, and are used to describe a man (Karo) and woman (Kari) involved in...
The Federal Reserve got a new leader last Friday, but his power may not be as vast as it might seem. The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh, President...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a pioneering pilot project of the Belt and Road Initiative. Guided by the leaders of both countries and...
Pakistan’s constitutional debate has once again entered the national discourse. Conversations surrounding possible constitutional amendments,...
The tobacco industry has always understood a simple truth: if you can make addiction look aspirational, you can turn dependence into a lifestyle. For...
Pakistan is currently in the grip of an invisible and dreadful crisis that is hollowing out its social, economic and geographical structure from...
Standing at the historic juncture of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, this long-tested partnership has become increasingly valuable in an...
It is the 8th century BCE. Sparta is an ordinary Greek city-state. According to ancient tradition, Lycurgus became the King of Sparta. However, he...
On 26th December 1938, long before the map of South Asia was redrawn, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah stood before a roaring crowd in Patna and...
Seventy-five years of sharing weal and woe, seventy-five years of friendship as strong as steel. In 2026, as China and Pakistan mark the 75th...
Is it antisemitic to say that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza? Is it “hurtful and insensitive” for someone to acknowledge the suffering that...
A critical albeit inadvertent ramification of the current US-Israel Combine’s war on Iran will be the emergence of the nuclear factor in the ME’s...
History rarely announces itself in real time. When President Richard Nixon landed in Beijing in 1972 to meet Mao Zedong, the world understood...