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Zia Ur Rehman

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Belief, border and bombs: What long-term instability in Iran means for Pakistan

For a country battling insurgencies in two provinces, facing a hostile Afghan Taliban regime, and grappling with deep internal divisions, instability...

04.03.2026 50

Dawn Prism

Zia Ur Rehman

NON-FICTION : Change and upheaval in the tribal areas

A very timely scholarly book moves beyond conventional depictions of conflict in Pakistan’s ‘merged districts’ to illuminate

28.12.2025 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman

CAN THE TLP BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL?

TLP’s story is not just about weaponisation of religion — it’s about class, power and a state caught between crackdown and appeasement.

09.11.2025 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman

RETHINKING THE TALIBAN DOCTRINE

Four years on from the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the optimism surrounding what was being hailed

17.08.2025 100

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman

Fear and loathing in Bajaur as military operation looms

Whether negotiations succeed or falter, the people of the tribal belt remain suspended in an uneasy calm, caught between promises of peace and the...

07.08.2025 30

Dawn Prism

Zia Ur Rehman

NON-FICTION: TALES FROM THE SEASIDE

In a first-of-its-kind compilation of Urdu essays, a fisherman shares his lived memories of traditional fishing practices, the...

29.06.2025 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman

THE NIGHT-BITTEN DAWN OF THE FATA MERGER

The May 28, 2018 merger of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas into Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was meant to herald the

25.05.2025 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman

Pakistan’s security situation is off the tracks. Can the authorities reclaim control?

Security analysts warn rising threats from Islamist extremists and separatist insurgents present a complex security challenge that cannot be addressed...

13.03.2025 10

Dawn Prism

Zia Ur Rehman

HOSTAGE TO THE DACOITS

Armed with increasingly sophisticated weapons and bolstered by greater networking, northern Sindh dacoits operate with near

09.03.2025 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Zia Ur Rehman