Borrowed Time, Borrowed Money: Pakistan’s Economic Reckoning in 2026
In the last week of April 2026, the State Bank of Pakistan announced that Islamabad had cleared the final $1…
Water, Power, and Deterrence: India’s Strategic Reset of the Indus Waters Treaty
A year after the massacre in Jammu and Kashmir, the most consequential Indian response to the Pahalgam attack is not…
Pakistan’s Christian Minority and the Regime of Structural Persecution
When Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court delivered its ruling in Maria Shahbaz on 25 March 2026, it disposed of more than…
Pakistan’s Bid for Relevance Meets Iran’s Distrust
Pakistan’s latest attempt to position itself at the center of US-Iran diplomacy is beginning to look less like statecraft and…
Pakistan as Peacemaker? The Munir Doctrine, Praetorian Decay, and the Limits of Chameleon Diplomacy
When Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s aircraft touched down in Tehran in April 2026, the diplomatic commentariat of three continents…
Power without authority: Pakistan’s women lawmakers excel in Parliament but remain locked out of real power
Inside Pakistan’s Senate, a quiet contradiction unfolds—one that challenges entrenched assumptions about representation while exposing the rigid architecture of political…
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws and Minority Persecution Doomed “Gandhara Heritage”
The Gandhara region stretching across present‑day Taxila in Swat Valley and Peshawar, which once stood as a luminous center of…
The problem with Pakistan as a peace broker
Pakistan was always an improbable choice as a peace broker. The expectation that Islamabad could translate access into outcomes has…
A society numb to pain: Rising child abuse cases reveal Pakistan’s deepening crisis of silence
In societies where outrage fades quickly, tragedy risks becoming routine. In Pakistan, the growing number of child abuse cases reflects…
Islamabad Failed, the Gulf Endures: Rethinking US–Iran Diplomacy
In the early hours of Sunday, April 12, 2026, US Vice President JD Vance descended the steps of Serena Hotel…
