Cricket in the shadow of the Indian deep state
Just when it seemed that after a year and a half of strain, the grey skies of India-Bangladesh bilateral relations were finally beginning to...
What is happening to the world?
By: Ayesha Mirza
The sounds of history resonate through the streets of Venezuela, a nation struggling with a crisis that feels eerily familiar, with foreign...
How Trump normalized abducting foreign leaders
The abduction and prosecution of a sitting head of state is not merely a criminal case. It is a constitutional moment for the international...
Still disconnected from realities
WASHINGTON WATCH
After more than two years of Israel’s assault on Gaza, one might think that there would be appreciable improvement in the way the...
Beyond arrests: Remembering a negotiated vision for Venezuela
The news reports about Nicolás Maduro being apprehended by US authorities, whether ultimately confirmed, contested, or politicized, took me back instantly to 2019. Not...
2035 and the new world order
The images real or imagined are arresting, a superpower reaching deep into a resource rich state, neutralizing an entrenched strongman and reminding the world...
Safety beyond borders: PNRA’s contribution to a safe and secure world
The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority promotes nuclear safety and security internationally through adherence to international standards, collaborations, and knowledge exchange with other countries. The...
Degrees of deceit
India has long been under the global spotlight for reasons that are far from flattering. Once branded as the “rape capital of the world”...
Oil: Wealth, curse — and the price of defiance
For nations blessed with oil, the central question is never geological. It is political. Oil can finance schools, hospitals, roads, dignity, and independence—or it...
Building on the Past, Embracing the Future: Celebrating 75th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Pakistan
Ambassador Jiang Zandong’s New Year Message
The turn of the year renews all nature. At the dawn of 2026, on behalf of the Embassy of...
Aerial firing and animal rights
It seems that in Karachi a new trend has developed, which might change the direction of how The New Year is to be welcomed,...
Beyond pipe dreams
The elections in Gilgit-Baltistan are scheduled to be held in the upcoming months of 2026. This will be the fourth election since Gilgit-Baltistan got...
A shiny nuclear mirage
“The dream of reason produces monsters,” wrote Francisco de Goya, warning future generations about ambition unrestrained by wisdom. Hannah Arendt later observed that political...
Protecting Gaza, not policing it
Gaza has endured relentless destruction and profound human suffering, with civilians bearing the overwhelming toll of a war that has exacted unimaginable loss. As...
Beyond Silence
In 2015, when I chose the topic of rape jurisprudence in Pakistan for my senior year project at LUMS, there was no ChatGPT, no...