Umar Khalid Dar

PAKISTAN is trapped. On its western border, the guns may have fallen silent for now, but the region remains far from stable. Each pause in…

AMID rising tensions between Washington and Tehran threatening to destabilize the broader West Asia region, Pakistan has offered to serve as a mediator between the…

  AS the US-led campaign against Iran enters its third week, the fog of war is lifting and with it, the illusion of a swift…

SOUTH Asia is an unforgiving strategic chessboard, where a single misstep can reverberate across borders and reshape the regional balance of power. Today, the drumbeats…

  THE notion that Afghanistan is the “Graveyard of Empires” is one of history’s most romantic yet most perilous illusions. This phrase we encounter regularly—in…

  SINCE its inception, Pakistan has been told it stands at a crossroads — a phrase repeated so often that it became a cliché. But…

THE area known as Balochistan had historically been sandwiched between the great Persian and Indian empires. And like any other border territory between great empires,…

Since its inception in 1947, India has interfered in Pakistan’s domestic affairs. India views Pakistan as an obstacle in realizing its aim of creating Akhund…