Asadullah Raisani

Nov 11, 2024 | paradigmshift.com.pk | Nimra Hasnat |Asadullah Raisani |Zahid Hussain |Pak-India Relations

Nimra Hasnat has recently completed her MPhil from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Her research interests include domestic and regional political dynamics, the interplay between military and civil institutions, and the implications of political development on International relations. The history of Pakistan-India relations can be seen as an era of lost opportunities because of deep mistrust, hostility, and conflict that has diminished efforts toward peace and stability.

Nov 7, 2024 | paradigmshift.com.pk | Asadullah Raisani |Ruqayya Yar Muhammad |Compensation Packages |Zahid Hussain

Asadullah Raisani is currently serving as a research officer at the Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN) in Quetta. He is an MS scholar in international relations at the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta. He has authored multiple publications in both English and Urdu, addressing the socio-political and economic issues of Balochistan, the Middle East, and the broader Asian region.

Jun 4, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Asadullah Raisani

The current era is an era of soft power. The number of social media users and those who love watching movies and web series is far greater than those who genuinely read books and prefer books over the former for information. Many people rely on X, formerly Twitter, rather than newspapers for daily news for multiple reasons. Cinema is one of the aspects of soft power that Pakistan miserably lacks vis-a-vis its arch-rival India.

May 20, 2024 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Asadullah Raisani

I recently had an interaction with an elderly man in his 60s who had just had a dispute settled through the Jirga System. When I asked him why he chose to resolve the issue through the Muchhi or Jirga and not the judiciary, he said, “I do not have haram (illegitimate) money to waste in courts and kechehries, nor do I have Noah’s age to wait for the verdict to come.” A joyful laughter followed the statement, and everyone sitting in the room laughed to his loudest.

Sep 9, 2023 | pakistantoday.com.pk | Asadullah Raisani

I was 11 (in 2007) when I first time heard my father saying, “He is a [Afghan] refugee,” while pointing toward a boy. The boy seemed of my age and a local Pashtun had hired him to wash his dishes and serve plain potato rice to his customers. The cart was located near the Russian Market at Masjid Road, Quetta. I did not bother to ask my father what a refugee is. I heard this term many times over the years.