“Pakistan is anything but isolated”: An interview with Awais Khan Leghari

India is involved in subversive activities inside Pakistan   The investments in Balochistan have already started while the work on the western route, the investments in...

What did Modi achieve with his Baluchistan comments?

Put the region on another roller coaster of confrontation   Modi’s futile effort of trying the diplomatic arena first was always going to fail. The reason...

Lahore heritage brings pride to Pakistan

Giving credit where it is due   UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognises the efforts of private individuals and organisations that have successfully restored...

Kashmir: Caught in the media’s tug of war

The Kashmir dispute has been raging on for the last six decades without a foreseeable end in sight. The dispute is not only causing...

Entrepreneurs are the saving face of Pakistan: Munib Nawaz

Narrative building essential to promote start ups Being a man who believes in perfection, Munib has had a taste of it all. He has hosted...

India all set to launch efforts to ‘isolate’ Pakistan

-Unofficial regional alliance against Pakistan likely to create troubles for country-   The Indian PM’s outburst was an apparent response to Pakistan government’s statements holding India...

Indo-Pak relations: Who’s at fault?

Will the relations get better anytime soon? The 2008 Mumbai attacks sparked further tensions between the two neighbours. At least ten members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),...

Design your life your way

-‘Disability is not a curse’-   Giving up should not be an option. It’s ruthless, it’s hard, it’s cruel to yourself but by the end, you...

Balochistan is the new Kashmir

Bickering neighbours taking matters to UN? The response to violence and havoc in Kashmir by Pakistan is divided between the reaction of the civil and...

Interview: Sardar Masood Khan, President Azaad Jammu and Kashmir

‘Kashmir is not about realpolitik’ The reign of terror in Kashmir will not, cannot, continue forever   After assuming charge as President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir...

Understanding the Kashmir conflict

A closer look   Michael Kugelamn, senior associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Center agrees: “Pakistan wants to revisit Kashmir's status while...

Kashmir: A heaven in search of peace

The bloodied legacy of partition continues  Interestingly enough, Indian media labeled Wani as a militant commander, and an insurgent. Indian masses applauded their “brave” forces...

Believing our own BS

A sappy (but patently true) line to say on Mothers’ Day or Fathers’ Day is that everyday is Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day. In our...

The battleground of India and Pakistan

About time voice of Kashmiris is heard 1972 saw the birth of the Simla Agreement, which states that the two countries would ‘settle their differences...

Is Pakistan’s Kashmir policy flawed?

Country fails to make any achievements in all these years   Nearly all governments were least bothered to use diplomacy to deal with the issue. Foreign...

Kashmir’s ‘fight for freedom’- India’s ‘war on terror’

Pakistan’s attempts to thwart India’s aggressiveness   The Kashmir issue is not bilateral hence; India must rethink its current policy and allow the stakeholders to...

A tale of two countries- or is it?

Kashmir – an ‘international’ or a ‘bilateral’ issue?   It does not matter if India says it is a bilateral issue. Kashmir is a disputed region...