The heartbreaking attack on Army Public School by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was a brutal reminder to the Pakistani establishment of the repercussions of the treacherous policies they have been ...

Management, not manifestos, are driving voters to or from the three big parties. Ideological politics in Pakistan is dead. Given that parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami are still around, this may seem ...

The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977 (Routledge 2018) by Salman Rafi Sheikh is clearly the most comprehensive and penetrating study of what the state of ...

The “mujahideen” reached Peshawar in the early 19th century, bringing with them a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam and the readiness of zealots to use violence – then against the Sikhs. Their ...

Ayesha Siddiqa at Pak Tea House comments on the ideology of the Pakistan army and the civil society at large: “the country’s ruling elite and the military have traditionally used a particular aspect ...

Muslim devotees offer special prayers for victims of the 2024 July Uprising, at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on July 1, 2025. (AFP photo used for representational purpose) Bangladesh ...

In a new book, Dinkar Srivastava argues that Pakistan’s military-led strategies are driven by ideology at home and financial opportunism abroad, complicating global ties Pakistan Prime Minister ...