Riyadh airport lost 86% of scheduled flights between October 8 and 25 as Houthi attacks continued. Saudi Arabia’s crisis shows why missile interception and safe commercial aviation are two different challenges. Continue reading Saudi Arabia Has Advanced Air Defences. Why Were 86% of Riyadh Flights Cancelled?
In 2015, Pakistani clerics demanded support for Saudi Arabia. What did they say about civilian deaths in Yemen? An evidence-based examination of religious solidarity. Continue reading Saudi Arabia Bombed Yemen. What Did Pakistan’s Religious Leaders Say?
Houthi missile attacks are testing two major Saudi strategies at once: Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 and the new defence architecture linking Saudi Arabia with Pakistan and Türkiye. For Islamabad, the crisis raises a difficult question: where does defending Saudi territory end and entering the Yemen war begin? Continue reading The Houthis Are Testing Two Promises at Once: Pakistan’s Saudi Defence Pact and Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030
Israel’s proposed Saudi oil route could bypass three chokepoints while creating a new dependence on Israeli territory. Continue reading Israel’s Pipeline Could Bypass Three Oil Chokepoints. It Could Also Make Saudi Arabia Dependent on Israel
A reader challenged my argument about Iran with a question I could not dismiss. He said I was using the same logic for Iran and the Houthis that America once used to justify war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I went back to the Bush Doctrine. The comparison became uncomfortable. America argued that waiting for a future threat could become more dangerous than striking first. Iran developed a very different doctrine of forward defence under very different conditions. But a familiar political argument appears underneath both. The enemy may become stronger tomorrow, so military action today starts looking defensive. A weaker … Continue reading When America Did It, We Called It Preventive War. What Do We Call Iran’s Version?
Pakistani Umrah pilgrims are facing tighter scrutiny at airport immigration counters.FIA says human-smuggling networks have used legitimate religious travel as the first stage of illegal migration routes.That changes how officers assess first-time travellers and unusual itineraries.A genuine Umrah visa can still be part of a wider smuggling plan.The problem begins when risk indicators start replacing evidence.Older travellers and family-funded pilgrims may struggle to explain bookings they did not arrange themselves.Their confusion can look suspicious even when the journey is genuine.Human smugglers exploit exactly this gap between lawful documents and hidden intent.I examine why FIA has become more cautious with some … Continue reading Why Pakistani Umrah Pilgrims Face Tougher FIA Airport Screening
They watched him get dragged out of a drainage pipe. Beaten. Humiliated. Sodomized with a bayonet. Murdered on camera. And they said nothing.Not a word. The Arab heads of state, those kings, emirs, and generals sitting in their air-conditioned palaces, … Continue reading Arab Betrayal of Gaddafi and the Karma That Followed
Over coffee, my friend leans in, eyebrows raised. “Did you see Trump shaking hands with that ex-Al-Qaeda guy in Riyadh?” she asks, half-laughing, half-horrified. I nod, sipping my latte, already piecing together the absurdity of it. Donald Trump, the dealmaker-turned-president-again, … Continue reading Trump’s Surreal Handshake: Diplomacy or Danger?
