Unfulfilled promises
IT was clear that the government would eventually accept the demands of protesters in Azad Kashmir, and re-initiate talks with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) after the loss of lives and…
ATA won’t deter terrorism
IN September 2023, 22-year-old Akram (not his real name) was picked up from his home in Karachi by men in plain clothes. He was blindfolded and taken to a building…
Afghanistan’s turn
For over four decades, Pakistan and Afghanistan have shared a troubled border marked by conflict, displacement and unfulfilled promises. In recent months, this fragile frontier has once again become tense.…
Vanishing harvest
Pakistan ranks 106th out of 123 countries in the Global Hunger Index, meaning millions go to sleep hungry and consequently become malnourished. According to a Unicef report, in Pakistan, four…
The decision to work
TWENTY-FOUR per cent of the working population is comprised of women. This figure undercounts women’s work, particularly the work they do in the informal sector or from home — areas…
State & religious extremism
PAKISTAN has banned the TLP again. It is the second time in four years that the violent religio-political group has been outlawed. The action has been taken by the federal government after the group…
Gunboat hypocrisy
EVEN as Donald Trump crisscrosses the globe, bringing his purported peacemaking skills to parts he didn’t even know were at war, his administration has openly been preparing for militarised regime change in Venezuela. There…
We have a crisis of confidence
Over the past decade, Pakistan has witnessed many multinationals rolling up their banners citing ‘unviable conditions’ – in reality, meaning unbearable uncertainty. We are witnessing a tragic threshold where flight…
Climate change is a security threat
The world treats defence as an existential priority – and rightly so, because lapses in readiness can trigger cascading crises. Climate change now carries the same gravity for vulnerable regions…
Investing in Pakistan
As Pakistan battles a variety of external and internal challenges, long-term stability fundamentally depends on turning around a potentially anaemic economy. Pakistan has indeed returned from the brink of default…
