Zahid Hussain

Articles by Zahid Hussain

Rising threat in Balochistan

NewsFebruary 4, 2026

THE separatist militancy, which has gripped Balochistan for the past two decades, now seems to have escalated into a full-blown insurgency. Last week, hundreds of armed terrorists launched simultaneou...

Absent state accountability

NewsJanuary 28, 2026

ACCOUNTABILITY is an essential component of a democratic and rules-based system. There is no such concept of responsibility under authoritarian rule, which seeks to consolidate power without being sub...

The world according to Trump

BusinessJanuary 21, 2026

AMERICAN President Donald Trump now seeks to create a new international organisation to rival the United Nations. His idea of the ‘Board of Peace’ goes beyond its original UN mandate of overseeing the...

Trumpian imperialism

NewsJanuary 7, 2026

THE image of a blindfolded and handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being taken to a prison in New York presented the ugly face of Trumpian imperialism. It is not the first time that the US, in pursuit of regime...

A contentious amendment

NewsNovember 5, 2025

THE cat is indeed out of the bag. Speculation about the 27th amendment had been in the air for the past several months. Now a statement on social media by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has revea...

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