Comment: Indus Waters Treaty at a strategic crossroads — Part I
FOR more than sixty-five years, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has stood as one of the world’s renowned, most enduring and successful transboundary water-course division arrangements between two nation states. Beyond its legal and international significance, it has also been the cornerstone of Pakistan’s water resources development. The certainty and predictability of flows provided by […]
The Family Asked for Justice and the Taliban Court Told Them They Would Die for Asking
In Khost’s Dih-e-Mand district, a family did everything a victim is supposed to do. Their two daughters were sexually assaulted by Taliban commanders during a nighttime raid. They did not stay silent. They did not accept it. They went to a Taliban military court and asked for justice. The court’s response was to threaten them […]
Of Intent and Attribution in Srebrenica: Underlining Issues and Practices for Gaza
Nineteen years ago, the Genocide Convention resurfaced as a precedent-setting signpost to question Serbia’s responsibility in the Srebrenica Massacre. The current case of Gaza has drawn multiple parallels with Srebrenica; it offers a systematic linkage to the defined scope of the genocide from its 2007 judgment for two major reasons. First, the Convention allowed the […]
Empathy Is Not Partisanship: Pakistan Stands With Iran the Way Peacemakers Must
When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on 4 July 2026 to attend the state funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, they were doing what statesmen do: standing with a neighbour in a moment of profound national grief. Iran had lost its Supreme Leader of […]
Plastic Pollution is Driving both Climate Instability and a Widening Global Gender Gap
The arrival of another International Plastic Bag Free Day brings with it the familiar, polished machinery of global environmental campaigns. Public relations offices issue well-meaning pledges, civic organizations launch localized cleanup drives, and consumers are urged to make the conscientious swap to canvas totes. Viewed through the lens of human security, toxicology, and environmental degradation, […]
Dragon At The Crossroads: Debunking The Narrative of Chinese Hegemony
A critical evaluation of Western alarmist literature, China’s post-2025 strategic footprint, military expansion in the Western Pacific, and the economic realities of CPEC Phase II “Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself.” — Chinese proverb. A familiar pattern accompanies all major changes of power in modern history. It was expected […]
The Amir’s Order Cannot Be Questioned: Why the Taliban’s Doctrine of Blind Obedience Cannot Justify Threats Against Pakistan
A theological and legal deconstruction of the Taliban’s absolutist military decrees under classical Hanafi jurisprudence and scriptural texts. When Sheikh Abdulhadi Hemat, head of the Military Court for Afghanistan’s Northeastern Zone, stood before newly graduated cadets at the Hazrat Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Training Center in Kunduz and swore to “eliminate Pakistan from the map if […]
South Asia’s MIRV Era: Technological Proliferation and the Erosion of Strategic Stability
Analyzing India’s clandestine May 2026 Agni-VI/Advanced Agni MIRV test, the post-May 2025 shift toward offensive postures, and the regional implications for deterrence. Something unusual happened over the Bay of Bengal in early May 2026. A large missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range at Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha’s coast and arced silently into […]
Failed Drone Provocation Exposes Taliban’s Panic and Continued Terror Patronage
Critical review of the June 2026 cross-border aerial escalations, the collapse of Doha counterterrorism commitments, and the strategic failure of the Afghan Taliban’s asymmetric retaliation framework. The brief, cross-border aerial escalation executed along the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier on June 30, 2026, has fundamentally altered the theater’s strategic landscape, stripping away the final layers of diplomatic ambiguity […]