A young person can try to study hard and obtain a degree, go looking for work and obey the rules and still have no prospects in the future. This frustration has been emerging in anti-government protests all over Europe and in India. These demonstrations are not all a single movement and Gen Z is not…
On 10 September, Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, accusing Abu Dhabi of hostile acts and giving its ambassador 48 hours to leave. The complete collapse of Algerian – Emirati diplomatic relations represents the long standing culmination of structural foreign policy divergence that has finally dismantled diplomatic apparatus with the UAE after…
On March 11, 2025, the Baloch Liberation Army hijacked the Jaffar Express as it crossed the Bolan Pass, taking hundreds of passengers hostage in a siege that lasted two days. Pakistan’s military said it had crushed the attackers and recovered the train with limited losses. Two months later, the BLA’s media wing released its own…
By: Naveed Ahmed If the attention is built into how human rights language actually functions in the world, the natural next question is whether anything can be done about it, or whether this is simply an unavoidable feature of a system that depends on political will to operate. This final parts looks at what reform…
Emergency powers may be constitutional in form. Whether they are proportionate, time-limited and reversible will decide whether they are accepted as security policy or read as political exclusion. Key points What happened The federal government imposed the measures after President Zardari approved the cabinet’s recommendation, under Article 232, which provides for an emergency, and Article…
In rural Balochistan, psychological distress is often visible long before anyone gives it a name. A man who withdraws from family gatherings may simply be described as tired. A young woman who cries often may be told that she is too sensitive. A farmer who has lost his crops and can no longer sleep may…
As witnessed, two humanitarian crisis unfold in a same month, causing similar levels of death and displacement, yet, receiving completely different amounts of global attention. One becomes a sustained global story, with daily coverage, celebrity involvement, and diplomatic summits called specifically to address it. Meanwhile, other gets a brief mention, perhaps a short mention on…
When the United States enters a conflict, the question is never only tactical. It is also constitutional, political and moral. The confrontation with Iran has once again raised a familiar but unresolved problem: who gets to decide when the United States is at war, how far military action can go, and when a conflict should…
The Baloch National Question and Pakistan’s Digital Media Narrative Balochistan is contested twice: first as a political territory, and then as a story. For the Pakistani state, the conflict is commonly framed through sovereignty, security and the threat of externally supported militancy. For Baloch activists, it is framed through political exclusion, enforced disappearance, economic injustice…
A soldier fires into a crowd in one country and it becomes a headline, running for several months of global news channels, condemned by Presidents, Investigated by International Bodies. While, a soldier fires into a crowd in a different country and it becomes a short wire report, mentioned once, then Forgotten by next news cycle….