Pakistan faces a $23B debt repayment crisis, exposing deep-rooted fiscal mismanagement, elite privilege, and a failing, unsustainable economic model

Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- On the desk of every senior finance official in Pakistan lies the same document: a spreadsheet charting debt repayments inching higher and revenues falling further behind. Somewher... Read More

Blasphemy 'Honey Traps' Expose Pakistan's Institutional And Digital Vulnerabilities

Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- In Pakistan's rapidly transforming digital environment, the increasing misuse of blasphemy accusations through orchestrated "honey traps" represents a troubling convergence of cult... Read More

Cloughley knew several Pakistani generals personally, and that adds nuance and texture to his analysis

Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- I sent Colonel Cloughley my article on Henry Kissinger recently, but the email bounced back. I began a Google search and my worst fears were realized when I discovered his obituary... Read More

Carving Pakistan: Print, Politics, And The Muslim Public In Colonial Punjab

Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- The book titled Carving for an Ideal Muslim State: Debating the Idea of Pakistan in Colonial Punjab is consistently hailed as essential, indispensable, vital, and crucial-marking a... Read More

Voices From The Cell: How Prison Writings Shaped Global Struggles For Justice

Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- Prisons, long imagined as places of silence, have paradoxically produced some of the most powerful voices in history. From solitary confinement cells and death rows to remote penal... Read More

Faith And Fear Are Intertwined At The Durga Shiv Mandir In Hyderabad

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- For a couple of months now, I have been trying to get an accurate list of the temples in Hyderabad city, but so far, I have failed. Still, I have put together a first draft of a li... Read More

Bajaur Ceasefire Or State Surrender? The Dangerous Illusion Of Peace With The TTP

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- The recent reports of a ceasefire between the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and tribal elders in Bajaur, facilitated by a government-backed "Peace Committee", have raised alarms ... Read More

Pakistan's Opposition Can't Be Born In Conference Rooms

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- A few days ago in Islamabad, a meeting was organised by the six-party Tehreek Tahafuz Aayeen-e-Pakistan (or the Movement to Protect the Constitution of Pakistan) at Islamabad's Leg... Read More

When The Good Sibling Falls: Colbert's Cancellation And The New Face Of Authoritarianism

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Family dynamics usually favour one sibling who makes the right choices over another who is always getting in trouble. "Just look at them," desperate parents beg the transgressor to... Read More

Arbaeen: A Global Pilgrimage Of Resistance, Unity, And Conscience

Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Arbaeen, the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him), is not merely a religious ritual. It is the symbolic expression of humanity's historic struggle, ... Read More

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