Who threatens global peace?
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a risky air campaign deep inside Iran. Israeli jets struck key nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan. The attacks killed two…
India and water warfare
In a stark display of brazen unilateralism, India has cast aside decades of water-sharing cooperation by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a lifeline for Pakistanis. This is a calculated…
Support for the army
The federal cabinet has won the hearts of all patriotic Pakistanis by promoting the brave, courageous and bold army chief General Asim Munir to the highest rank of field marshal…
Perils of Trump’s brinkmanship
Donald Trump’s return to the presidency of the United States of America in 2025 was marked by a series of single-minded economic initiatives and assertive (many say destructive) foreign policies.…
Guardians of the skies
In the wake of the Pahalgam incident, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated into a significant conflict that tested the capabilities and resolve of the Pakistan Air Force. PAF exhibited…
After the crisis
IT may be too early to fully assess the multiple dimensions of the India-Pakistan crisis but some conclusions can be drawn. Never before had the two countries attacked each other’s mainland with…
International law & Indus wars
ON April 23, India unilaterally declared the Indus Waters Treaty to be “in abeyance” — a term neither recognised in treaty law nor found in the IWT itself. The Vienna…
Peacemaker Trump
More than one billion people in India and Pakistan breathed a sigh of relief after the ceasefire between the two countries. Life is returning to normal, with people on either…
Pakistan held the line
Once again, global attention turned to Pakistan and India as conflict intensified with speed and severity. India’s military strikes, launched without credible provocation, were met not with disorder but with…
The costs of conflict
AS tensions escalate between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, beyond the immediate threat of conflict and casualties lies a more profound danger: the devastation of economies, ecosystems and built environments that would…
