Amer Zafar Durrani

Amer Zafar Durrani

  • Chains of disparity

    Women in Thar going to collect drinking water in the earthenware pitchers. —TheNews/FileFor just a moment, let us take a break from being the...

  • Chains of disparity

    Chains of disparity

    Women in Thar going to collect drinking water in the earthenware pitchers. —TheNews/FileFor just a moment, let us take a break from being the...

  • The truth about narratives

    A representational image of a 3D face, symbolically used as fake face. —TheNews/FileNarratives now move faster than armies and Pakistan cannot...

  • The truth about narratives

    The truth about narratives

    Narratives now move faster than armies and Pakistan cannot afford to march behind them. In 1917, a single leaked telegram helped push the US into...

  • Heed the screams

    Partially submerged vehicles move, as some are parked, after the monsoon rain in Karachi, Pakistan, August 19, 2025. — ReutersThis month, the...

  • Heed the screams

    Heed the screams

    Partially submerged vehicles move, as some are parked, after the monsoon rain in Karachi, Pakistan, August 19, 2025. — ReutersThis month, the...

  • Water for dollars

    A man rides on a motorcycle amid flood waters along a road during the monsoon season in Rawalpindi, July 19, 2023. — ReutersIn the 60-odd years of...

  • Water for dollars

    Water for dollars

    A man rides on a motorcycle amid flood waters along a road during the monsoon season in Rawalpindi, July 19, 2023. — ReutersIn the 60-odd years of...

  • Pragmatic possibilities

    Flags of Pakistan and Israel. —Wikicommons/FilePakistan's historical and current position on Israel contrasts with the evolving stances of Arab...

  • Pragmatic possibilities

    Pragmatic possibilities

    Flags of Pakistan and Israel. —Wikicommons/FilePakistan's historical and current position on Israel contrasts with the evolving stances of Arab...

  • Protests vs stability

    Protests vs stability

    Pakistan faces significant geopolitical tensions, notably armed confrontations with India

  • Pakistan, please don’t be Malvolio

    Pakistan, please don’t be Malvolio

    Pakistan must adopt pragmatic, forward-thinking approach to its foreign policy

  • The elephant in the room

    The elephant in the room

    Export diversification and integration within global value chains remain a major challenge

  • Square peg, round hole

    Square peg, round hole

    Pakistani youth wait for their turn for a Capital Development Authority job entry test in Islamabad. — AFP/File Pakistan’s present economic...

  • Net-metering fallout

    Net-metering fallout

    This was first introduced in Minnesota in the US in 1983

  • The Afghan refugee question

    The Afghan refugee question

    An Afghan refugee family arrives on foot to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on November 2, 2023, following Pakistan´s government...