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Maleeha Lodhi

Maleeha Lodhi

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Assault on Kashmiri identity

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party continues the assault on Kashmiri culture and identity and imposes its Hindutva ideology on occupied Jammu...

Collision or coexistence?

A series of provocative actions by the US suggest it is intensifying its confrontation with China. Announcement of a billion-dollar arms package for T...

Risk of a perfect storm

Counting of votes for the new chief minister of Punjab is underway. — DawnNewsTV POST-PUNJAB by-election developments have inject...

The ‘external’ vote

Voting by expatriate Pakistanis has been a hot topic of discussion in parliament, judiciary and the media. There is no disagreement on voting by our d...

A bleak future awaits Pakistan if politics and economics c...

May 25 presented a sorry spectacle of street clashes and a government-opposition showdown that plunged the capital into chaos. Between Imran Khan...

Echoes of the Cold War

AS sabre-rattling continues in the crisis over Ukraine, shifting geopolitics have pushed Russia and China into closer alignment while exposi...

The long impasse

While Pakistan has been preoccupied with developments in Afghanistan it has not taken its eye off its eastern neighbour with whom relations remain ten...

Pakistan: Politics of intolerance

Just when the PTI government seemed comfortably ensconced in power it gratuitously opened new political fronts. Perhaps the ruling party’s growi...

Tortured US-Pakistan relationship: America must learn from...

In their very first exchange after 9/11, Pakistan’s most senior leaders urged their American counterparts not to invade Afghanistan. Instead, th...

Moment of truth

History has come full circle in Afghanistan with the Taliban regaining power after 20 years of war. In post-America Afghanistan the Taliban face a num...

If Afghanistan descends into chaos, Pakistan will feel the...

File photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan | Facebook/Imran Khan As concern grows in Pakistan about the fallout of the deteriorating security situation...

Biden vs Trump foreign policy

The outcome of the US presidential election in November will have a significant global impact. Will it mean more of the same or usher in changes in Am...

Sino-US ties at a crossroads

The confrontation instigated by the United States with China continues to intensify. The pandemic has escalated tensions between them that were alread...

Why soft power is pivotal for Pakistan

Why write about soft power at a time of the Covid-19 crisis? Because the global health emergency helps to illustrate its significance and impact. It...

5 key areas for Pakistan's foreign policy in 2022

FIVE key areas will be the main focus of Pakist­an’s foreign policy in the year ahead. Relations with China and the US while navigating the...