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…
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…
Just days after the Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India sealed a $7.4 billion deal with France for 26 Rafale-M naval…
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), signed in 1960, once symbolised pragmatic cooperation between India and Pakistan. But today, it is no longer fit for purpose.…
The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, often celebrated as a model of conflict avoidance, masks a deeper tragedy: the ecological collapse…
THE government’s celebration of a historic low inflation rate of 1% conceals the deeper economic and political costs borne by the people. While hailed as…
The colonial development model drove unsustainable industrialization and resource extraction to position India as a counterweight to China, a country that has never threatened its…
For decades, the elite have held onto a system built on monopolistic practices, crony capitalism and inequitable governance. However, this exploitative model has started falling…
Pakistan’s economic trajectory has long been shaped by foreign-funded development models, particularly those backed by the World Bank and other international lenders. While these policies…
