Umair Jamal teaches History and South Asian security at the Forman Christian College University. He is a correspondent for The Diplomat magazine, based in Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses primarily on the analysis of South Asian security and politics. His work has been featured in a number of renowned media outlets including Foreign Policy, Al-Jazeera, The National Interest, The Huffington Post, The Diplomat, Asia Times, The News on Sunday, Pakistan Today and others. He can be reached at umair.jamal@outlook.com.
With general elections in Pakistan scheduled to take place this summer, all major political parties have already begun campaigning and articulating their agendas. While domestic problems, such […]
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) surprising victory in the recent by-election that took place earlier this month in Punjab–for a National Assembly seat the Pakistan […]
The calculated use of religious extremism has been a common feature in the politics of Pakistan, a country in which ethnic, linguistic, and nationalistic values […]
During his visit to Islamabad two weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the country’s leadership that Pakistan needs to “do more to […]
حالیہ دنوں میں کئی ایک کاالعدم عسکریت پسند تنظیموں نے ملک کے سیاسی میدان میں داخل ہونے کی کوشش کی ہے ۔ اطلاعات تو یہا […]
A number of proscribed militant organizations in Pakistan have recently attempted to enter the country’s political arena. There are even reports that a coalition of […]
پاکستانی سپریم کورٹ نے ۲۸ جولائی کو ایک طویل تفتیش کے بعد وزیراعظم نواز شریف اور انکے خاندان کو نااہل قرار دے دیا ۔ اس […]
Trump’s War: What Does Victory Look Like in Afghanistan? By Monish Tourangbam South Asia watchers had been keeping a close eye on the Trump administration’s […]
On July 28, the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after a prolonged investigation into his and his family’s disproportionate financial assets, […]
The Trump administration’s review of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan is likely to conclude in the next few weeks. It is expected that an assessment of […]