Militants’ rehabilitation
Countering terrorism needs a multifaceted approach that focuses not just on confronting it through the coercive apparatus of the state but also through disengagement strategies. Disengaging a militant from violence…
The anti-narco fight
Pakistan’s geographical positioning has long placed it at the crossroads of global trade. However, the country now finds itself unwillingly entangled in the relentless tide of the international drug trade.…
Trump’s controlled chaos
HOW little it takes to please or render two insecure, nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours was evident this week when, in his State of the Union address, US President Donald Trump thanked the…
West, ummah’s lost conscience
WHEN historians write about the period we are living in, they would feel — they must feel — compelled to call it an era where international law became meaningless, where…
Defunding the world
In making America great again, the US is putting the final nail in the coffin of a world order it had put together, brick by brick after World War II.…
Issues in provision of adequate level of climate finance
The World Bank Group (WBG) in its 2023 released ‘Pakistan – Country climate and development report’ pointed out that‘The total investment needs for a comprehensive response to Pakistan’s climate and…
