Living by the swordWherever I went in Pakistan, his name came up in conversations. He was accused of corruption, threatening behaviour, bias in promotions/postings of high officials, and other things including running t...
War, masculinity, and the Pashtun long marchVery few people have written on the Pashtun long march. The marchers had not only gathered in Islamabad against post-9/11 politics and the security regime in the country but also to reject patriarchal...
What’s next for ISIS?Terror outfits expand their influence through two means; merging into other groups and sometimes, forming alliances. They do it when they find their existence at stake or need to consolidate their pow...
The BJP poodleIndia has always been selling the point that its armed forces are apolitical, secular and strictly under civilian control. The world at large has been generally in consonance with Indian propaganda du...