Tariq Aqil

Fall of high and mighty
- By Tariq Aqil
- November 24, 2025
The high and mighty rulers of the past have fallen like leaves in wintry weather and swept away into the dust bin of history.…

Enigma of Afghanistan
- By Tariq Aqil
- November 17, 2025
Following a 20-year insurgency and the departure of coalition forces, the Taliban recaptured Kabul in August 2021, overthrowing the Islamic Republic, and now controls…

The Afghanistan hostility
- By Tariq Aqil
- November 10, 2025
Our western neighbour, the Muslim-majority country of Afghanistan, has been a pain in the neck for Pakistan since the dawn of independence. Pakistan applied for…

Social media impact on youth mental health
- By Tariq Aqil
- November 3, 2025
THE twenty first century is the age of social media. Majority of the people in the world today including children and teenagers use social media…

Drugs emergency in Pakistan
- By Tariq Aqil
- October 27, 2025
DURING the last 78 years of existence the country has gone through many trials and tribulations like wars, terrorism, natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and…

Pak response to Afghanistan
- By Tariq Aqil
- October 20, 2025
Pakistan and Afghanistan share a nearly 2,600km (1,600 miles) rugged and mountainous border known as the Durand Line. Fierce and intense clashes erupted along the…

Ghaza peace plan or dictated peace
- By Tariq Aqil
- October 13, 2025
The maverick US President Donald J. Trump released his twenty point peace plan for Ghaza after over two years of brutal Israeli onslaught, death and…

Foreign policy and diplomatic blunders
- By Tariq Aqil
- October 6, 2025
IN almost four years of his rule former Prime Minister Imran Khan left behind a chequered legacy of verbal abuse, favoritism, cronyism, questionable appointments and…

NATO of Muslim world
- By Tariq Aqil
- September 29, 2025
NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation or NATO was put together in 1949, this is a military pact led by the USA and has as its members…

The Sudanese conundrum
- By Tariq Aqil
- September 15, 2025
The war in Sudan has created extreme levels of displacement, both internally and across Sudan’s borders. More than 12 million people have been displaced since…





