Hussain H Zaidi

The writer is a graduate from a western European university

  • The rise and retreat of the TLP

    Saad Hussain Rizvi, leader of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan , waves to supporters during a protest against the hike in price of essential...

  • The rise and retreat of the TLP

    The rise and retreat of the TLP

    Saad Hussain Rizvi, leader of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan , waves to supporters during a protest against the hike in price of essential...

  • It wasn’t just bad choices

    The representational image shows Pakistan Army soldiers standing alert cordoning off a street leading to the outskirts of Peshawar on September 2,...

  • It wasn’t just bad choices

    It wasn’t just bad choices

    The representational image shows Pakistan Army soldiers standing alert cordoning off a street leading to the outskirts of Peshawar on September 2,...

  • The revolution that made a superpower

    Representational image shows people enjoying their time on a hill overlooking Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 9, 2025. —...

  • The revolution that made a superpower

    The revolution that made a superpower

    Representational image shows people enjoying their time on a hill overlooking Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 9, 2025. —...

  • What does the pact mean?

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sign the landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in Riyadh, Saudi...

  • What does the pact mean?

    What does the pact mean?

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sign the landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in Riyadh, Saudi...

  • Let the specialists plan

    A man wades through a flooded street during heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. — AFPAs the country is rattled by the deluge, the...

  • Let the specialists plan

    Let the specialists plan

    A man wades through a flooded street during heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. — AFPAs the country is rattled by the deluge, the...

  • Not sweeter than honey

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation...

  • Not sweeter than honey

    Not sweeter than honey

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation...

  • An alternative to the West?

    Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during a photo session at the Meijiang Convention...

  • An alternative to the West?

    An alternative to the West?

    Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during a photo session at the Meijiang Convention...

  • When Congress lost an opportunity

    Pakistani and Indian soldiers take part in the flag lowering ceremony at the Pak-India Wagah Border. — AFP/FileThe 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan was a...

  • When Congress lost an opportunity

    When Congress lost an opportunity

    Pakistani and Indian soldiers take part in the flag lowering ceremony at the Pak-India Wagah Border. — AFP/FileThe 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan was a...

  • Is 19pc tariff a good deal?

    Is 19pc tariff a good deal?

    US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025. —...

  • BB and the art of realpolitik

    BB and the art of realpolitik

    Benazir Bhutto, like Indra Gandhi in neighbouring India, did not have to start from scratch

  • Deja vu in East Asia?

    Deja vu in East Asia?

    During WWII, Japan’s economy and national morale were plummeted by its doomed alliance with Germany