Recent reports on the possible closure of nine departments at the University of Peshawar, including development studies, social anthropology, geography, statistics, geology, history, human development and family studies, logistics and…
And so another member of the old “war on terror” team has left the world. Dick Cheney, who served as the most powerful vice president in the history of the…
When Pakistanis complain that parliament serves the powerful rather than the people, they are not being cynical; they are pointing to a painful truth. The credibility of our democracy is…
The recent decision of the American administration to restrict the approval of two Covid vaccines indicates that the US cannot only decimate millions of people by imposing wars and conflicts…
The leaders of South Asia must recognize that the true potential for real and meaningful progress lies not in abandoning SAARC but in revitalizing it. Any consideration for establishing a…
ISRAEL has been called America’s unsinkable ship in the Middle East. Terrifyingly accurate Iranian missiles have been piercing its acclaimed Iron Dome to target the ship’s hull as it were. The war…
The Middle East is on the brink of a potential regional war following Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran. This military action occurred while high-stakes negotiations between Tehran and Washington were…
In my career of over three decades in the development and humanitarian arena at national, regional and global levels, I have often pondered over why stakeholders fail to embrace peace…
“Great judges succeed most when they are praised not so much for the legal soundness of their work, but for the sit-up-and-take-notice boldness of their interventions”. — Allan Hutchinson, author “ASIF,…
In this modern world driven by rapid sociocultural changes, international conflicts and manmade and natural disasters, the socio-economic and political organisation of human society – citizens of a nation-state –…
