Leaked Letter Shatters Taliban Lies Over German Woman’s Abduction
A leaked document signed by Yar Mohammad Haqmal, Director of Consular Affairs at the Taliban regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and addressed to its Ministry of Interior, confirms that German citizen Monira Akbari was arrested in October 2026 for an unspecified offence and remains in Taliban detention. The document directly contradicts the Taliban regime’s denial […]
Movements Win Rights. Institutions Keep Them.
Across South Asia, women have frequently built democracies from the street up, only to be systematically erased from the institutions they helped create. In November 1933, in British-ruled Ceylon, young organizers took to street corners selling a native orange bloom known as the suriya flower. It was an act of open defiance against the colonial […]
India’s Lobby Targets Pakistan’s GSP+ While Hiding Its Own Record
A specific lobby is working overtime to ensure that Pakistan loses its GSP+ status. Indian-backed voices such as Gary Cartwright, whose campaign against Pakistan’s GSP+ is eagerly amplified by Indian media, are raising issues out of context and cherry-picking numbers to cast Pakistan in a poor light. Their narrative omits India from the discussion entirely. […]
Kulgam: Allegations Before Evidence
On 11 November 2026, early afternoon unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on Indian security personnel at a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam, Indian held Kashmir injuring at least two personnel, with PTI reporting three. The wounded were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag, while forces cordoned off the area and launched a search. Indian […]
Why India’s Routes to Kabul Cannot Yet Replace Pakistan’s
Afghanistan’s transit trade through Pakistan fell to $367 million in FY26 from nearly $5 billion in FY21. Afghan media reports put the collapse in exports reaching India via Pakistan at $454 million in 2024-25 against $7 million in 2025-26. New Delhi has offered two alternatives: an air freight corridor and Iran’s Chabahar Port. This article […]
Kulgam Attack Exposes Another Indian Intelligence Failure And The Same Old Blame Game
On 11 November 2026, at around 1:45 pm (PKT), unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on CRPF personnel at a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam, IIOJK, injuring at least two personnel, with PTI reporting three. The wounded were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag, while forces cordoned off the area and launched a search. Indian […]
Israel’s E1 Gamble Defies International Law And Palestinian Statehood
Israel’s decision to open bidding on 1 December for 2,167 illegal settlement homes in the E1 area, east of occupied East Jerusalem, is a grave escalation of its settlement policy and a direct assault on the very idea of a Palestinian State. According to WAFA, the opening of bids was pushed from 25 October to […]
Pakistan’s Afghan Border Needs an Exit Plan
Niamat Pashtun used to cross at Chaman every week to trade goods in Afghanistan. His auto parts and computer business brought in approximately 15,000 rupees daily, according to RFE/RL. His income has dropped to below 2,000 rupees a day. He transferred the business to Quetta, where the security situation affected sales. He now supports his […]
Israel’s Blockade Turns Gaza’s Fourth Winter Into A Death Trap For Children
Gaza’s displaced population is now facing a fourth winter of war, and the cost is being counted in children’s lives. A UNICEF report released on 9 November 2026 reveals that three children, aged four, five and eight, were killed along with their mother when a sand dune collapsed onto their tent in Deir al-Balah after […]