Raja Shahzeb Khan

Common factor in Swat & Lyari tragedies

JUST days after a family of tourists were swept away by flood waters in a scenic resort in Swat Valley of Khyber province, Pakistan experienced…

The next phase of the Mideast war

THE ceasefire between Israel and Iran, tenuous as it is, is holding. So does that mean the state of war between the two nations is…

Europe’s wilderness reveals clues to nuclear survival

  THE nuclear menace is rearing its head once again. First, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gave rise to fears of both countries’ nuclear reactors being…

Pahalgam resets Pak-India relations

PAHALGAM is on course to be India’s 9-11, or rather, 9-11 for the Kashmir region. Because we must remember that the 26/11 Mumbai attack was…

What to expect as drums of war close in on ME

ISRAEL’S war has expanded on all fronts. For a whole year, a determined offensive turned Gaza into ruins. But the September 17th pager blasts marked…

What’s driving 2024’s scorching summer?

ASIA is in the grip of record heat. It began in April in the east, with historic heatwaves in places like the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand,…

Empowering Pak through micro-hydropower

AT a recent alternative energy exhibit in Islamabad, I noticed a glaring absence of micro-hydropower technology. Even during the conference, when someone inquired about it,…

Israel fuels global energy disruptions

All eyes are on the horrific humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza as a result of the biggest Palestinian-Israeli war yet. From the very beginning, fears…

Strategic dimension of Iranian air strikes

Whereas Iran gets the discredit of causing escalation between Pakistan and Iran on January 16, 2024, Pakistan gets the credit of de-escalation from the forum…

A war with ferocity of its own

EVER since the 7 October Hamas attack, the Government of Israel has been determined to eliminate Hamas from Gaza itself, which means they want a…

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