Amina Khan

1 month ago | southasianvoices.org | Kashvi Chaudhary |Amina Khan

As the second Trump administration brings about major shifts in the global order, one executive order at a time, Europe finds itself in political turmoil, and the war between Russia and Ukraine grows increasingly precarious; an unlikely dynamic has come to light – one between two strategically autonomous rising powers that, in their own ways, embody the multilateral global order: Turkey and India.  Undoubtedly, India’s democracy and political landscape differ significantly from that of Turkey.

1 month ago | southasianvoices.org | Kashvi Chaudhary |Amina Khan

The Bay of Bengal carries more than trade—it carries the weight of history. Yet, as Bangladesh’s BNS Samudra Joy docked in Karachi for Aman 2025, its first major warship deployment to Pakistan in over a decade, these waters now chart a course toward reconciliation. Recent developments in the maritime domain signal a historic thaw, poised to convert decades of missed opportunities into pragmatic cooperation.

2 months ago | issi.org.pk | Amina Khan

On 23 March 2025, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, embarked on a three-day visit to Kabul, aimed at de-escalating tensions and strengthening bilateral relations by addressing key ongoing challenges. During his visit, Ambassador Sadiq held productive discussions with Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Acting Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi.

2 months ago | southasianvoices.org | Amina Khan

The Islamabad-Kabul relationship is currently at an all-time low as Pakistan experiences an uptick in terrorist attacks and holds Afghanistan accountable for providing a safe haven to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). To be sure, given their geographical proximity as well as shared cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious affinities, Pakistan and Afghanistan have always maintained a fundamentally complex yet interdependent bilateral relationship.

Nov 1, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Jyoti Goad |Amina Khan |Rutuja Deshmukh |Michelle M Halstead

AbstractFor a brief but critical period post-fertilization, the mammalian embryo is entirely dependent on maternal products inherited from the oocyte. Previous research showed that oocyte-specific loss of Med12, an X-linked gene and Mediator complex subunit, leads to female sterility despite normal folliculogenesis and ovulation. Here, we show that loss of maternal Med12 has minimal effect on the oocyte transcriptome and does not manifest in embryonic lethality until post-implantation.