Nuclear Emergency in Pakistan? Punjab Teeters on Edge of Chernobyl-Like Disaster

Nuclear Emergency in Pakistan? Punjab Teeters on Edge of Chernobyl-Like Disaster

In what could become South Asia’s most alarming nuclear crisis, Pakistan’s Punjab province—specifically the Kirana Hills in Sargodha—is under intense scrutiny after reports of a missile malfunction during recent hostilities with India. Allegedly intended for Indian territory, the missile exploded near its launch site, raising fears of a Chernobyl-like disaster at a suspected underground nuclear […]

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Pakistan’s Worst Nightmare: Indian Kashmir Thrives

Indian Kashmir’s great leap forward economically, socially, and politically can only embarrass Pakistan, for it both shows the failure of Islamabad’s stewardship and highlights its cynicism. In 2019, just weeks after Indian president Ram Nath Kovind abrogated Article 370 of India’s constitution, ending Kashmir’s de facto autonomy, I visited Pakistan. Anger was palpable. Electronic billboards, depicting barbed […]

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