Imran Shauket

IN February, I published an article titled “A Diplomat in Pakistan”. This is the second in the series. His writings are more apropos today as…

A South Asian heritage diplomat arrives in Islamabad with anxiety and will leave transformed — that, in essence, is the story I want to share.…

  ONE does what one can, until one’s destiny is revealed, said Tom Cruise in “The Last Samurai” to his Japanese overlord when they were…

THE US-Iran war has started and much is being said, and written about it here in Pakistan. There are two critical dimensions to the current…

THE US-Iran war has started and much is being said written about it here in Pakistan. There are two critical dimensions to the current geopolitical…

Polio continues to persist in Pakistan after decades of effort. Why? I firmly believe we can eliminate polio—if only we stop selling our national pride…

AS in the past, there are myriad “Gandhara” conferences being organized in 2026. One of the conferences that I have been asked to conceptualize and…

The title notwithstanding, in reality it is perhaps better to describe the collaboration as an enduring partnership between the Royal Family of Swat and the…

ON 26 August this year, I had penned an article “Reimagining Pakistan & SA: Towards Progress, Prosperity and Peace”. In this article, a vision was…

ONE can read a lot or read a little into the recent visit of PM Shahbaz and FM Asim Munir to the USA, and particularly…