Riaz Missen

Diversity and disorder

A section of academia and administration at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, increasingly advances a troubling yet widely held perception: that diversity, when expressed through organised…

Mind the capture

  RECENT Fitch Ratings have framed Pakistan’s economic challenges as being driven largely by external shocks—rising oil prices, global uncertainty, and regional tensions. While these…

Fractured sanctity

IN the shadow of Islamabad, the Bari Imam shrine endures as a quiet testament to a time when nature and devotion moved in harmony. Nestled…

Cracking hydraulic order

  HEAT is creeping over the Indus plains. Unlike sudden floods or storms, it comes quietly but persistently: dry winters harden soils, heatwaves stretch for…

Stable yet stalled

FOREIGN investors are cashing out big time in Pakistan – pulling away profits while fresh capital hesitates. Beneath the glow of celebrated macro stabilisation lies…

Shared responsibility, real development

AN IMF mission, led by Iva Petrova, is arriving in Pakistan this week to assess progress under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility and the…

Addressing climate anxiety

PAKISTAN is standing at a quiet yet defining moment. The seasons people once relied on no longer follow familiar patterns. Winters pass too quickly and…

The hidden front

Field Marshal Asim Munir’s warning that hostile elements are exploiting Pakistan’s internal fault lines points to a security challenge rooted less in external aggression and…

Soothing strategic shift

IN the intricate landscape of U.S.–Pakistan relations, long overshadowed by memories of “viceroy” envoys from the Cold War and post-9/11 eras, Natalie A. Baker’s tenure…

Pakistan’s climate reckoning for survival

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet has declared a dual climate and agricultural emergency, pivoting from earlier pledges to build mega-dams like Diamer-Bhasha to contain floods.…

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