Zakir Ullah

The patriarchal rage behind rejectio
- By Zakir Ullah
- July 15, 2025
THERE is a silent epidemic in our society—one that rarely makes headlines but relentlessly claims lives: the lethal entitlement of men who cannot accept women’s…

Preventing violent extremism through social media
- By Zakir Ullah
- December 14, 2024
SOCIAL media and other online platforms play an undeniable role in fostering radicalization and violent extremism. Online platforms are considered to be a major…

Countering terrorism in NMDs
- By Zakir Ullah
- March 27, 2024
THE merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2018 marked a significant shift in the governance and security dynamics of…

Gender-based violence: Where Pakistan stands?
- By Zakir Ullah
- March 16, 2024
THE universality of violence against women is now beyond question; it happens everywhere— there is evidence of its occurrence in all states and cultures. According…

Pakistan: Dilemma of a security state
- By Zakir Ullah
- March 5, 2024
THERE is no denying the fact that Pakistan faces numerous challenges, including political instability, institutional decay, a flagging economy, border insecurity, high inflation, terrorist incidents,…

Food security and climate change
- By Zakir Ullah
- February 15, 2024
IT’S a well-established fact that food security is directly linked to climate change, as climate change significantly impacts food security. Food security refers to the…

Women empowerment
- By Zakir Ullah
- February 12, 2024
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, rightly observed back in 1944 that: “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your…

Mitigating climate change in Pakistan
- By Zakir Ullah
- February 10, 2024
CLIMATE change is real and is already affecting human beings. There is no space for climate change deniers. The effects of climate change can be…

Federalism in Pakistan: A checkered history
- By Zakir Ullah
- January 17, 2024
FEDERALISM, according to Tekena Tamuno, is a political phenomenon in which the constituent units of a political organization (state) not only share powers but also…

A world of blocs: Where Pakistan stands?
- By Zakir Ullah
- November 16, 2023
THE bi-polar world of the Cold War saw its end it 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world witnessed a “unipolar” moment. The…