The land of his dreams

Professor Javaid Iqbal Syed’s memoir traverses the political and the personal, the mundane and the sublime, and weaves a narrative that reflects the decades…

بی این پی پاکستان تحریک انصاف کی حکومت سے علیحدہ کیوں ہونا چاہتی ہے؟

وزیر اعظم عمران خان کے انتخاب میں بی این پی کے 4 ووٹوں نے انتہائی اہمیت کا حامل کردار ادا کیا لیکن اب بی این…

To protect Pakistanis, reframe security policy

Image credits: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters Pakistan’s treatment of its minorities is unenviable to say the least. It is ironic that a country created to protect…

Islamic State, a threat Pakistan can no longer ignore

The ghastly attack on the convoy of Deputy Chairman Senate in Mastung, Balochistan comes as the latest of terror attacks claimed by the self-styled…

A corridor to a closer Sino-Pakistani alliance?

Chinese influence in South and Central Asia is set to expand through the much-hyped China-Pakistan Economic Corridor just as the United States draws down…

Not being dead is a victory for Balochistan’s journalists

Why, one would ask, is killing the only answer for disagreement? To say that Pakistani journalists are under attack is an understatement. They are…

The Balochistan conundrum

Here is an Editorial for the Express Tribune Pakistan’s largest province, Balochistan, continues to bleed. Decades of neglect and exclusion have created a sense…

Attacks on the state

Latest for the Express Tribune In the last few days, Pakistan and its newly elected government have been rocked by a wave of terrorist…

“A rights-respecting federation can only be created through negotiation” – an interview on Balochistan

Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan Director, Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people who recently gave testimony to US Congress on the issue…

It is time to engage with the Baloch nationalists

There seems to be a serious dearth of imagination while searching for solutions on Balochistan As Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy recently wrote, “Men like Rohrabacher…

Pakistani media does not report on the brutal realities of Balochistan

Ali Dayan Hasan — Pakistan representative, Human Rights Watch The News on Sunday (TNS) How does HRW view the current state of human rights…

Balochistan: Pushed to the wall

There must be something terribly wrong with the state of Pakistan that in its largest province, state schools no longer recite the national anthem…

Pakistan: Ungoverned Spaces

My paper published by CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Even after more than six decades since its inception, Pakistan has been unable…

To undo the vicious past

 Published in the News on Sunday It’s about time a civilian Pakistan functions as a peaceful country with fair share of resources put into…

Disaster (once again) – an appeal for help

Life must be a living hell for the millions made homeless by the recent cyclone and floods in Pakistan. It reminds one of the…