Riaz Missen
Glitter without gold
- By Riaz Missen
- August 25, 2025
Every decade in Pakistan has been marked by the promise of a new “miracle” waiting to transform the economy. From the oil and gas hype…
Down with devolution?
- By Riaz Missen
- August 18, 2025
THE 18th Constitutional Amendment was sold as a watershed moment — a democratic correction that would restore parliamentary supremacy, secure an independent judiciary, and deepen…
Washington’s India illusion
- By Riaz Missen
- August 11, 2025
WASHINGTON has long cast India as the democratic linchpin of its Indo-Pacific vision—a billion-strong market, English-speaking, nuclear-armed, and, most importantly, not China. The romance is…
India’s hydro drive on Chenab
- By Riaz Missen
- August 4, 2025
India has dusted off the long-stalled Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab River, putting it back on track after more than 40 years. With the…
South Asia’s water faultlines
- By Riaz Missen
- July 21, 2025
The 2025 war between India and Pakistan did not begin with guns or missiles—it began with water. Sparked by skirmishes over dam construction and reduced…
Rocked by silence
- By Riaz Missen
- July 14, 2025
On Tuesday last week, a heavy police contingent in full riot lined up in front of Islamabad’s National Press Club (NPC). The deployment followed rumours…
Nature’s new normal
- By Riaz Missen
- June 23, 2025
On May 24, 2025, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded the earliest monsoon onset in 16 years, as it landed in Kerala 8 days ahead…
Legitimacy crisis
- By Riaz Missen
- June 16, 2025
Spike in terrorist activity in Balochistan is stark reminder of the fact that the State is being contested from within. These are not random outbursts…
Pakistan’s silent war
- By Riaz Missen
- June 2, 2025
Pakistan is facing a silent but devastating war—one that is being fought not with bombs, but through rivers. According to water expert Hassan Abbas, this…
Sovereignty at stake
- By Riaz Missen
- May 19, 2025
Pakistan’s sovereignty is draining away—not through war or invasion, but through the silent suffocation of its rivers. The eastern rivers—Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—once nurtured fertile…
