Arifa Zahoor Program Officer, Jinnah Institute Pakistan’s capital markets enter 2026 after one of the strongest equity rallies in the country’s recent history. The benchmark KSE-100 Index rose from about...

Senator Sherry Rehman President, Jinnah Institute As 2026 rings in geopolitical tumult all across the globe, the 21st century is adrift on what seems the edge of a new world...

Nyle Murad Program Officer, Jinnah Institute The coming year is likely to test Pakistan’s governance, as economic pressure and shrinking civic space converge to risk pushing some forms of political...

Adina Wajid Program Manager, Jinnah Institute As Pakistan moves into 2026 with renewed global partnerships, it would be wise to sidestep strategic zero-sums between Washington and Beijing. This framing thwarts...

Ahmad Rafay Alam Environmental lawyer and activist Water remained on the central stage of Pakistani news and politics throughout most of 2025. First the furore in Sindh over the proposed...

Naureen Hyat Former CEO, Zood Pakistan As Pakistan’s fintech ecosystem moves toward 2026, it is entering a more mature, consequential phase, where scale, intelligence, and integration will matter more than...

Fahd Humayun Assistant Professor, Tufts University Events in 2025 made clear the increasingly hybrid nature of modern conflict in South Asia, with emerging weapons technologies in particular moving from the...

Amb. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Chairman, Sanober Institute Much of what happened in 2025 has profound implications for what might happen in 2026. The most defining feature of 2025 was the...

Dr Syed Kaleem Imam Former Inspector General of Police Pakistan enters 2026 facing a conversant yet growing internal security challenge. The resurgence of militancy, especially along the western frontier, is...

Khurram Dastgir Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence, Commerce, Energy The U.S. National Security Strategy, released in November 2025, announced a multipolar world. The Trump administration is trying to...