Pakistani blue berets honoured

The United Nations honoured 57 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers from 32 countries, including two from Pakistan, who paid the ultimate price for the cause of peace last year serving the missions around the world, at an impressive ceremony Thursday that marked the annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Among the posthumous awardees of Dag […]

Faysal defends Fawad, Hania

Faysal Quraishi, currently promoting his upcoming film Deemak, recently addressed the backlash that fellow actors Fawad Khan and Hania Aamir have faced in recent weeks. In a candid interview with journalist Ambreen Fatima at a promotional event for the film held on last week, Quraishi expressed his disapproval of the way fans and critics have […]

Same ban, new promise

The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), in collaboration with the Islamabad Capital Territory administration, banned the manufacture, import, distribution, sale and use of single-use plastics in 2019, and once again in 2023. Despite the longevity of these bans, the federal capital has repeatedly failed to enforce them, with a survey revealing that more than 60% […]

A tale of two escalations

In any conflict between two countries escalation strategy controls the direction of the engagement. The initiation of conflict and its escalation depend upon who is in control of it and how it can be shaped or reshaped to dissipate the will of one’s adversary. Once a conflict is started, the aggressor sets the benchmark and […]

Stupidistan

This piece seeks to expose a key contradiction between form and substance — between aspiration, machinations, desperation, incompetence, and incoherence — evident among our eastern neighbours, and is not polemical. Recent events have thrown these elements and contradictions into sharp relief, necessitating a deep dive into their mindset and increasingly radicalised diaspora. We also see how a […]