Akbar Jan Marwat
Is Maryam PML-N’s best bet?
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- March 18, 2025
AFTER the results of the February 8, 2024 election, PML-N realized that forming a strong central government would require a coalition with the establishment and…
Trump’s return: A new American era
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- January 29, 2025
ON 20 November 2024, President Donald Trump made history by becoming the first convicted individual to take the oath of office as President of the…
Shifting sands of Middle East
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- December 23, 2024
THE recent developments in Syria have been cataclysmic to say the least. Little known Hayat Tahir Al – Sham, a militant organization and a…
Calling a spade, a spade
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- November 27, 2024
IT has been generally observed that the response of Muslim countries in general and that of the Arab countries in particular has been rather lacklustre…
26th Constitution Amendment
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- November 6, 2024
THE 26th Constitution Amendment was finally passed by the parliament after quite a few hiccups. The amendment was severely criticized by the PTI and…
2024 US election campaign
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- October 3, 2024
THE substitution of the elderly, frail and not mentally very alert President Biden with the much younger and more dynamic Kamala Harris has provided…
The popular uprising in Bangladesh
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- August 22, 2024
IN an age dominated by social media and the internet, millions of Bangladeshi youth took to the streets to protest against the authoritarian rule of…
Talks with TTP: Legitimising terrorism risks
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- July 21, 2024
REPORTS have started appearing mostly in Urdu newspapers indicating that our government has decided to reinitiate negotiations with the terrorist outfit TTP. According to these…
Chances of expansion of the Russo-Ukrainian War
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- June 26, 2024
THE two-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of ending soon. Rooted in Russian irredentist claims and Ukraine’s hobnobbing with NATO and the…
Resurgent IS-K: The greatest global threat
- By Akbar Jan Marwat
- May 9, 2024
THE most dangerous transnational terrorist group which is threatening world peace today is the IS-K or the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State. Besides Al-Qaida,…
