US Foreign Policy: The failure of perpetual war against the Muslim world
War has become the hallmark of America’s relations with the Muslim world. Every intervention seems to create more harm than good, triggering new military...
Global War on Terror: Al-Qaeda or extension of geopolitics?
I was in Kabul, covering the tumultuous trial of eight Shelter Now International (SNI) workers at the Supreme Court, when we heard the news...
Cost of US-China Rivalry for Pakistan – Andrew Small
The author of the “China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics” examines the current tensions between the US and China and how this affects Pakistan.
Coke Studio Pakistan – Sound of the Nation
When Coke Studio began as a concert show back in 2008, few would have predicted that it could have the kind of impact it...
Interview with Marvia Malik – Pakistan’s first transgender anchorperson
GVS: You are known as Marvia Malik, the first transgender anchor person in Pakistan, how does that feel? Marvia Malik: Not only in Pakistan, but...
Parwaaz Hai Junoon – A Tribute to Pakistan Airforce
Haseeb Hassan’s Parwaaz Hai Junoon has the distinction of being the first Pakistani aerial combat-war romantic film. Anchored by a strong cast and some...
Stretching past two and a half hour: Satyameva Jayate
It was 2003 when John Abraham first burst into Indian Cinema with Jism. His debut feature earned him a Filmfare Award nomination and he...
Mission Impossible is back with the bang!
Twenty-two years after the Mission Impossible series first launched, we are reminded why it was made in the first place, with the dazzling sixth...
Editorial
William Wordsworth had framed the French revolution and immortalized himself by his famous lines, “Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but...
The future is young and so is Pakistan
Dr. Adil Najam, Meeran Jamal, Umer Akhlaq Malik | A staggering 90 percent of the world’s 1.8 billion youth live in less developed countries, with...
Pakistan’s Religious minorities: The significant “Other”
It was around 3 p.m. when two suicide bombers almost simultaneously entered the men’s and women’s campus of the International Islamic University in Islamabad...
The Evolution of Civil Services in Pakistan
From being the state itself, to being the steel frame of the British Raj, to being powerful functionaries of the newly independent state, to...