Pradeep Mahaur

Born of political deceit, not religious unity, Pakistan continues to colonize the Baloch people. It's time India and the UN acknowledge this historical wrong.  Pakistan is often portrayed as a country created to protect the interests of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. However, a closer look at history reveals a different story. Pakistan was not the result of a natural division between Hindus and Muslims but a political project engineered by Punjabi Muslims who desired a separate nation where they could dominate. The idea that Pakistan was meant for all Muslims was a well-crafted propaganda campaign. The Two-Nation Theory, which claimed that Hindus and Muslims could not coexist, was fed to the British colonial rulers by elite Punjabi Muslims  and conveniently accepted. At the time, many Muslims in India were recent converts with deep cultural roots in the land they shared with Hindus. Yet, they were convinced to support the partition under the illusion of religious solidari...

  When U.S. President Donald Trump declared a “historic trade win” after securing a temporary ceasefire in the escalating trade war with China, it was hailed as a diplomatic triumph. But beneath the surface, the deal was more smoke than fire. It was, in reality, a 90-day timeout — not a resolution — emerging from Geneva talks between U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng. The agreement rolled back tariffs by 115 percentage points, but it left nearly every underlying issue untouched. A Temporary Pause in a Much Bigger War At first glance, the truce looked like progress. But in truth, it marked the end of just the first skirmish in a deeper and wider confrontation — a modern-day Cold War rooted in trade, technology, military influence, and global dominance. The original aim of the U.S. trade offensive was to correct America’s widening trade imbalance with China. Yet, over time, that purpose was diluted. China did not concede any of its structu...