Pakistan’s Dual Challenge on March 23, 2024Pakistan finds itself once again at a critical juncture, grappling with the complex dynamics of managing its relations with Afghanistan while simultaneously combating the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its faction groups. The recent attack on a military installation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of the TTP serves as a stark […]
Has Diplomacy Failed Pakistan–India Ties? on November 1, 2022War is a failure of diplomacy they say. Recent global tensions and conflicts are mutated manifestations of war where basic principles of diplomacy are being tested. In this context, the case of Pakistan and India is no different. When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took over the office, he expressed his desire for peaceful and […]
A BiggerThreat on July 23, 2022The endless cycle of terrorism has become a dark phase of Pakistan’s existence as a state. The current political and economic instability only adds to the threats faced by the country. But in the thick of things, a bigger threat to the country has been organizing itself as a force more fatal than we may […]
From geopolitics to geoeconomics? on April 27, 2021In a webinar on Pakistan’s potential shift from geopolitics to geoeconomics that was jointly hosted by the Daily Times, COLABS and Patari Music on 17th April 2021, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Italy, Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP & IFAD, and President of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) His Excellency Ambassador Jauhar Saleem narrated his conversation […]
Is America looking for another war? on January 7, 2018The United States appears to have taken the ‘new year, new me’ mantra rather to heart. Indeed, President Trump’s first tweet of 2018 shattered the optimism many here in Pakistan that there would be way forward in the bilateral relationship. But that, for now, is off the table. From American generals stationed in Afghanistan to […]