4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (228+ words) by Junaid S Ahmad10/09/2026 There was a time when Pakistan could still distinguish an alliance from an employment contract. In April 2015, Saudi Arabia wanted Pakistani aircraft, warships and troops for its war in… Pakistan marked National Minorities Day on August 11 with…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1575+ words) There are moments in history when the significance of a person cannot be measured by the office they hold, the speeches they deliver or the number of followers they command. It is measured instead by the risks they are willing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (800+ words) “Some fractures are not born in the soil; they are engineered in the corridors of power.” I. A Province of Two Peoples, One History Balochistan is not merely a map. It is a shared homeland — a space where Baloch and Pashtun…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (357+ words) The Role of Baloch Women in Human-Rights Defense Historical Context and the Crisis of Representation The measures described by Dr. Baloch raise several red flags under international law: Such actions risk deepening mistrust, escalating tensions, and undermining long-term stability in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (256+ words) Security Operations in a Contested Borderland Institutional Response and Its Limits The October Timeline and Its Critics Tribal Governance as a Legitimizing Mechanism There are governments that solve crises. There are governments that repress them. And then there is Islamabad,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (240+ words) by Junaid S Ahmad01/09/2026 There is an old line about politics: “When a clown moves into the palace, the clown does not become a king. The palace becomes a circus.”Modern geopolitics has improved the… Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (232+ words) Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan serving a three year jail sentence, taken to the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad for a medical checkup following a… by Junaid S Ahmad30/08/2026 West Asia is not a card table. Pakistan…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (236+ words) Fourteen newborns did not simply die in a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). They died in a political economy.The distinction matters. An electrical spark may explain… by Junaid S Ahmad28/08/2026 Some governments fear elections. Others fear…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (749+ words) A Crisis Deepening Under Military Command Reports emerging from the region indicate that Pakistan’s military leadership has adopted an increasingly aggressive posture. According to political sources, senior military officials have issued threats to local political actors and administrative figures, signalling…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1176+ words) 1. Introduction: A Land That Lives in Memory There are lands that live in maps, and lands that live in memory. Balochistan belongs to the latter — a homeland stitched together not by borders, but by wounds that have learned to speak....