جن لوگوں کو فلسطینیوں سے اسرائیل کے بے رحمانہ سلوک پر حیرت ہے۔انھیں یہ سن کے شاید مزید حیرت ہو کہ اسرائیل گزشتہ اٹھاون برس میں چونتیس فوجیوں سمیت چالیس امریکی شہریوں کو ہلاک اور لگ بھگ دو سو کو زخمی اور درجنوں کو گرفتار کر کے ٹارچر کر چکا ہے۔مگر آج تک کسی امریکی […]
October 30 marked a new low as well as some sliver of hope for de-escalation in tensions. Hours before the Istanbul talks concluded, two video statements by top Afghan leaders surfaced on the social media platform X. One was a daring message to Pakistan, and the other was a plea for compassion and consideration. The […]
On October 30, India launched its ten-day-long tri-service exercise called ‘Trishul’. Trishul means the tri-pointed spear of the Hindu deity Lord Shiva. These manoeuvres are taking place on the Pakistani border. Incidentally, this was also the day when the Afghan Taliban, oh our beloved brothers, chose to launch their aerial exercises on (you guessed it) […]
Why do simplistic solutions so often appeal to societies facing deeply complex problems? And why do they fail, often leaving behind more damage than before? Pakistan today offers a textbook case of this paradox, where both rulers and the ruled are trapped in a cycle of short-term fixes, political expediency and deferred institutional reforms. At […]
Groundwater availability in Pakistan has declined at a rate even higher than previously projected by most experts. The clearest indicator of this crisis is the alarming plunge in per capita water availability, which was over 5,000 cubic metres in 1947 but is under 1,000 cubic metres today. This transition from being water-stressed to water-scarce marks […]
A new Oxfam report on Asia says that despite decades of growth, the region’s economies stand at a crossroads, with prosperity increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. The report illustrates this with data showing that the continent’s richest 10% capture between 60% and 77% of national income, while the poorest half must make […]
افغانستان اور پاکستان نے استنبول میں 6 نومبر سے امن مذاکرات دوبارہ شروع کرنے اور اس موقع تک جنگ بندی قائم رکھنے پر اتفاق کیا ہے۔ دوسری جانب سیکیورٹی فورسز کے بلوچستان کے علاقوں کوئٹہ،کچھی اورکیچ میں ٹارگٹڈ آپریشنز، شدید فائرنگ کے تبادلے میں بھارتی پراکسی فتنہ الہندوستان کے تین اہم کمانڈرز سمیت 24 دہشت […]