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Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

Tensions will simmer even as they step back from full-blown war

The Economist 11 May 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

How India and Pakistan can pull back from the brink

Exaggerated claims of military success—amplified by the two countries' media—could help each side save face

Ravi Agrawal 10 May 2025

India-Pakistan escalation sparks calls for restraint

Fares Garabet 07 May 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025.

India-Pakistan tensions take worrying turn over Kashmir

As world leaders struggle to contend with two major conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, the dramatic escalation in Kashmir raises the prospect of a new war erupting between two nuclear-armed powers

Con Coughlin 25 April 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) hugs Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 5, 2025. WU HAO / AFP

Beijing visit sees Pakistan recommit to its China alliance

The two states are deeply engaged in developing a trade route that would help China avoid a naval blockade. Now they are looking to move beyond trade

Kaswar Klasra 10 February 2025
Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari receives Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih SPA

Saudi Arabia's $2.2bn investment deepens economic ties with Pakistan

Top-level political backing for the Kingdom's latest support for its ally adds to hope that more is to come after a top-level signing ceremony this month

Kaswar Klasra 16 October 2024
People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge the morning after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27,2024 AFP

Inside Balochistan’s deadly bus attack

Al Majalla speaks to some of the victims of a wave of separatist violence that singled out men from Punjab and has become a major problem for Pakistan's government and a worry for Chinarn

Kaswar Klasra 29 August 2024
Smoke rises from an explosion after a suicide squad tried to storm an army garrison in Bannu on July 15, 2024. Karim Ullah/AFP

Pakistan and Afghanistan in downward spiral after garrison attack

The Taliban's inability to deal with terrorist groups on its soil means Islamabad has launched its own military action over the border. To restore order, international mediation is now needed

Kaswar Klasra 14 August 2024
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (R) is greeted by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif upon his arrival in Islamabad on 22 April, 2024. AFP

Iran and Pakistan turn away from confrontation and toward trade

Against the backdrop of geopolitical realignments, the burgeoning partnership between Iran and Pakistan can potentially recalibrate the balance of power in South Asia and beyond.

Kaswar Klasra 24 April 2024
Nawaz Sharif (L) leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party greets his younger brother and newly-elected Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) at the Parliament House in Islamabad on March 3, 2024. AFP

Economic and security challenges top Shehbaz Sharif's agenda as Pakistan's new PM

His election marks a significant shift in Pakistan's political dynamics and raises questions about the future direction of governance

Kaswar Klasra 04 March 2024
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

28 August 2026

The barcode has been the language of retail for more than half a century. Now, two-dimensional codes are giving products a new digital identity

Mohammed Mansour
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

25 August 2026

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux
Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

The artist who used land to capture Palestinian identity

27 August 2026

Sliman Mansour, the renowned Palestinian painter who used clay from his land to make his works after deciding to boycott art materials produced by Israel, has died at the age of 79

Farouk Yousif

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