Tag: war

For many in Pakistan, there is one reason for the country’s perennial laggardness – corruption. These Pakistanis blame the cupidity ...

The Afghan Taliban’s appeal for food assistance appeared to have been made in desperation. But the world must listen. This ...

It snowed late last night in Washington: perhaps a fitting end, in some metaphoric sense, to a day that marked ...

It so happened that I was reading the very readable WW2 memoir of Major Ishaq Muhammad on the 6th of ...

Since 2001, displacement in Pakistan began, due to the rise of armed religious militancy. The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially ...

Brothers were separated. Both the Eastern and Western wings of the country were stained by blood. Relations between them changed: ...

It was the night of the full moon. Invoking a dictum of Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s – the defense of ...

Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan have much in common. Although Chitral is culturally and linguistically linked to Gilgit-Baltistan, it has never been ...

In the preceding few months and years, a historic event of immense import has played out before our eyes. The ...

In 1971, Pakistan found itself in an impossible situation. Severe polarization between the two wings of the country had resulted ...

Believe it or not, there is a society in Lahore which is doing a very important and basic work in ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said in an interview that the international community cannot “exonerate” itself of its responsibilities to ...

My interest in the Indian Prisoners of War (PoWs) held captive in Italy during the Second World War was aroused ...

Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry has said in a press conference on the New Zealand cricket team's sudden withdrawal ...

The vicious and horrific atrocities of September 11th, 2001, not only shook the world but also began a new chapter ...

The eventual return of the Taliban to the helm at Kabul may be described as “sweeping,” but it cannot be ...

In today’s fast-paced world where everyone seems to be more intertwined than ever, and where news spreads like fire, making ...

The last couple of years have brought about a resurgence of the debate on race, caste distinctions and slavery within ...

As a complete pull-out of NATO troops from Afghanistan drew near, there was apprehension in Pakistan – now proven false ...

Senior journalist Mazhar Abbas, writing for Geo.tv, has recounted the ordeal of Nadir Shah Adil, a 76-year-old journalist. Adil was ...

The outcome of the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China may well define the rest of the 21st ...

To accommodate the stream of refugees fleeing Afghanistan via Pakistan, authorities in Karachi are making special arrangements at Jinnah International ...

With the USA’s rapid escape from the ashes of its Afghanistan adventure, questions have risen about what exactly the superpower ...

Last week, the Taliban took over the Afghan capital and with it, they have extended their control to the majority ...

Hamen khabar hai ke hum hain charagh-e-akhir-e-shab Hamare baad andhera nahi ujala hai (We know that we are the lamp ...