Ahmad Jamal Wattoo

Jan 29, 2026

At the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, the European Union and its leading member states were no longer willing to quietly acquiesce to Washington’s demands under President Donald Trump.

Ahmad Jamal Wattoo

Jan 21, 2026

Trump’s interest in Greenland is not new. During his first term, his suggestion that the United States should ‘buy’ Greenland was widely mocked, dismissed as a diplomatic oddity. Ahmad Jamal Wattoo looks at the strategic logic beneath the spectacle.

Shahira Khan

Nov 11, 2025

Debt-for-climate swaps are no longer boutique transactions, but are being pitched as a central tool to help countries break free from the vicious cycle of debt distress and climate vulnerability. Can the G77+China succeed in making them more than symbolic, clever deals on the margins?

Ahmad Jamal Wattoo

Oct 27, 2025

The USA, for decades, has been at the forefront of cutting edge research and tech development; the H-1B visa has arguably played a major role in this, as global talent gravitates towards leading American institutions, whether in tech, medicine or academia. With President Trump’s new $100K talent tariff policy, the world wonders whether this will lead to a brain drain away from the USA.

Zoya Gul Hasan

Aug 28, 2025

The 19th International Architecture Exhibition, titled 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦., curated by Carlo Ratti and organised by La Biennale di Venezia opened in May 2025. A team of eight dedicated Pakistani architects and researchers presented (𝘍𝘳)𝘈𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, while facing bureaucratic hurdles, visa and shipment delays and the four-day war back home. Zoya Gul Hasan walks us through the installation and ponders Pakistan's future at international art biennales.

Hassan Khan

Aug 28, 2025

Universe in a Grain of Salt’, curated by Noorjehan Bilgrami for the Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, features pink rock salt structures and art that mesmerises audiences through the lens of geological and urban history, spanning eons with moments of serenity.

Staff Reporter

Apr 22, 2025

In contemporary America, the system of financing election campaigns has become a vast, institutionalised behemoth that ensures elected officials are more accountable to their wealthiest donors than to their constituents. Therein lies the not-so-secret to bipartisan, unconditional support for Israel

Dua Abbas Rizvi

Feb 04, 2025

A reflection on the surreal experience of living in a largely indifferent Europe run by complicit governments as a genocide unfolds elsewhere

Sama Faruqi

Jan 19, 2025

Against the backdrop of Israel’s blockade and wars, Gaza’s birdwatching twins look skywards for inspiration

Zarrar Khuhro

Jan 17, 2025

From the encampments of Columbia University to the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza, an unprecedented sense of solidarity unites the world even as Israel strengthens its own dark alliances

Dua Abbas Rizvi

Jan 16, 2025

A personal meditation on the distinction between art and luxury, beauty and gloss

Zarrar Khuhro

Jan 14, 2025

Palestine’s 75-year strong liberation struggle has forged a powerful visual culture that remains undefeated