Bilal Ghazanfar

Tackling TTP: Pakistan’s call to action
- By Bilal Ghazanfar
- April 14, 2024
THE chronicle of history provides a lesson fraught with danger. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s negotiation policy failed to prevent war even though the UK…

The missing sports economy in Pakistan
- By Bilal Ghazanfar
- January 9, 2024
APART from being a tool for societal and cultural development, sports are an important element of economic growth in the modern world. In 2023, the…

Climate change under the shadow of wars
- By Bilal Ghazanfar
- December 30, 2023
THE cascading impact of wars affects people around the world. But, beyond the immediate impact, wars induce mounting challenges for climate initiatives. COP-28 was a…

Managing Afghan refugees: Global responsibility
- By Bilal Ghazanfar
- October 29, 2023
FOR almost half a century, Pakistan provided institutional support to Afghan refugees. After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pakistan continued its ad-hoc refugee policies…