Stories by Maleeha Lodhi
The US was unable to achieve its objectives both on the battlefield and negotiating table.
Updated 22 Jun, 2026 07:53am
Delhi announces projects to build canals that will divert water from Pakistan’s Chenab river system into the Beas basin.
Updated 15 Jun, 2026 08:48am
The way constitutional amendments have been bulldozed through parliament in the past two years are a striking illustration of its attitude to parliamentary institutions.
Updated 08 Jun, 2026 08:51am
President Trump embarks on a course of action but often doesn’t bring it to closure.
Updated 01 Jun, 2026 08:30am
Raising the voting age would disenfranchise 22 million young Pakistanis and further alienate Gen Z.
Published 25 May, 2026 08:03am
While the summit’s optics outweighed the outcomes it aimed at managing relations along a stable track.
Updated 18 May, 2026 08:28am
The world body has failed in its core task but needs to be strengthened to address global challenges.
Published 11 May, 2026 08:08am
Both sides should have a common interest in averting a protracted conflict but the impasse persists.
Updated 04 May, 2026 08:35am
The diplomatic window remains open even as both sides seem to harden their positions.
Updated 27 Apr, 2026 09:17am
The security, economic and diplomatic consequences of the Iran war will be felt for a long time to come.
Updated 20 Apr, 2026 09:19am
There was no breakthrough but also no breakdown in talks which keeps diplomatic option open.
Updated 13 Apr, 2026 09:15am
Caught in a bind, if Trump orders a ground offensive that will be the biggest blunder.
Updated 06 Apr, 2026 08:57am
Whichever way the war ends it has changed the strategic equation in the Middle East.
Updated 30 Mar, 2026 09:44am
The US has always underestimated the power of nationalism in countries it attacked or occupied.
Updated 23 Mar, 2026 09:50am
Trump failed to anticipate the war’s economic repercussions and has no endgame.
Updated 16 Mar, 2026 09:40am
Lessons have not been learnt from past US interventions that ended in disaster.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 09:45am
The young feel ignored and excluded even though it is they who will determine Pakistan’s future.
Updated 02 Mar, 2026 09:16am
The Board of Peace meeting was long on showmanship and short on substance.
Updated 23 Feb, 2026 09:03am
By closing the border and halting trade, Islamabad is raising the costs for Kabul’s inaction on TTP.
Updated 16 Feb, 2026 09:49am
By closing the border and halting trade, Islamabad is raising the costs for Kabul’s inaction on TTP.
Updated 16 Feb, 2026 09:16am
