The US ban on Chinese-owned apps WeChat and TikTok sets up a pivotal legal challenge on digital free expression with important ramifications for the global internet ecosystem. President Donald Trump’s…
PAKISTAN and its love for miracle fixes. In the 1960s, it was the Green Revolution. In the 1990s, independent power plants and in the 2000s, telecoms with a side of…
Last week, Islamabad was once again turned into a fortress. Long walls of shipping containers and trailers, meant to carry trade goods to and from Pakistan’s ports, blocked the main…
AS the BNP’s Sardar Akhtar Mengal marched towards Quetta last week, the idea recirculated: establish a truth and reconciliation commission for Balochistan. Political commentators, journalists and activists alike rightly highlight that at…
Pakistan’s digital economy (DE) has shown remarkable growth over the past two decades. From a modest volume of approximately US$100 million in 2000, it expanded to US$1–2 billion by 2010…
The term ‘hybrid warfare’ refers to a combination of traditional military means and the use of non-military resources deployed to achieve broader military and strategic objectives. That which cannot be…
WHEN I first started working as a journalist, my senior colleagues and field-hardened editors introduced me to the concept of the release valve. I was often surprised that we were…
DeepSeek, an AI model introduced by China, is being hailed as a game-changer in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, posing a significant challenge to US supremacy in the AI field.…
As we stand at the threshold of 2025, Pakistan faces a moment of reckoning – a year shaped by the successes and struggles of the past. The contradictions of 2024…
Pakistan again plunged into digital darkness as the government imposed internet shutdowns following political protests by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). This has become a regular tool for the government to…
