Shahanshah Hussain As we all know, withdrawal of US troops has created a chaos in Afghanistan as the Taliban re-conquer the areas that they once ruled in their pre 911 Islamic state (1996-2001). The withdrawal has rendered the Afghan Regime…
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Deconstructing Freedom
Munir Uddin This light, smeared and spotted, this night‐bitten dawn This isn’t surely the dawn we waited for so eagerly These are lines taken from the poem “Dawn of Independence” written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 1947. These lines not…
Re-Defining Azaadi
Hamza Wyne Decked out in the streets with hues of green and white are the frolicking people of Pakistan celebrating the day of independence when the new territory of Pakistan was chalked out on the world map. Traditionally, the day…
Resurgence of Taliban in Pakistan
Afghanistan is engulfed in chaos. The Taliban have defeated the Afghan Army and have captured Kabul. The Afghan armed forces surrendered, all it took was an announcement by the Taliban that they will pardon everyone if they do not resist.…
Will the Right-wing revolution inspire the left to take arms?
Salman Sikandar As the Taliban dramatically takeover Afghanistan, it has vindicated the fact that for better or worse the world can only be changed through armed struggle. Our generation only saw in the documentaries or in history books, how revolutions…
Pakistans Foreign Policy and Afghanistan
Munir Uddin The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan is likely to push the region into civil war just as it happened in the 1990s following the defeat of the USSR. The power vacuum created by the withdrawal of the…
Book Review: Between The Great Divide
‘Between The Great Divide’ amplifies the voices of oppressed people in a conflict zone that is not given a lot of attention in the media.
Crisis of water resources
Faizan Raza Without an iota of doubt, water is that natural resource that is synonymous with life. Rivers were the epitome of some of the greatest civilizations in human history i.e Indus Valley civilization and Mesopotamian Civilization, so human learned…
THE HORRORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE WORLD’S DEVELOPED STATES
Written By: Anam Zahra *Achieved Master’s Degree in International Relations from The University of Karachi, Pakistan. Interested in Research to investigate the causes behind the rise of global insecurity due to religious, cultural and social intolerance. Also addressing and…
ILLEGAL TRAWLING IN BALOCHISTAN WATER
Nawaz Ellahi Balochistan is the biggest province of Pakistan in terms of population and resources; in addition, it has a radical geographic strategic location and Balochistan xoastal line is approximately 750 km but it pains me to write that illegal…