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Umair Jamal
Umair Jamal is a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Lahore, Pakistan.
Umair Jamal is a freelance journalist and a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses primarily on the analysis of South Asian security and politics. His work has been featured in number of renowned media outlets including Foreign Policy, Al-Jazeera, The National Interest, The Huffington Post, Asia Times, The News on Sunday, Pakistan Today and others. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @UmairJamal15.
January 19, 2022
Pakistan’s Ruling Party Is Under Attack From Within
By Umair Jamal
Prime Minister Imran Khan's government is being criticized publicly by legislators from his party.
January 11, 2022
Taliban-Pakistan Ties Run Into Trouble
By Umair Jamal
Taliban’s recent confrontation of Pakistan over its fencing of the disputed Durand Line, which Afghanistan does not recognize, has taken many by surprise.
December 29, 2021
Tough Days Ahead for Pakistan’s Ruling Party
By Umair Jamal
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s defeat in its traditional stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa does not bode well for its electoral prospects in other parts of the country.
December 10, 2021
Blasphemy Killing Could Cast a Shadow on Pakistan’s Economy
By Umair Jamal
Why would foreign investors want to visit Pakistan if they could get lynched on accusations of blasphemy?
December 02, 2021
Pakistan’s Surging Religious Extremism
By Umair Jamal
Its political class has neither the will nor the intent to tackle religious extremism as all have benefited from it.
November 25, 2021
Could the Taliban Get India and Pakistan to Cooperate?
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan’s opening of the overland trade route to Indian humanitarian aid to Afghanistan came on the Taliban’s nudging.
November 16, 2021
Imran Khan Seals Deal With the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
By Umair Jamal
Will the Pakistani government concede to the TTP demand for implementation of Sharia in tribal areas?
November 02, 2021
Pakistan’s TLP Emerges Stronger From Protests
By Umair Jamal
The Imran Khan government’s secret deal with the banned group will get the latter off the streets but at a price.
October 27, 2021
Tumultuous Days Ahead for Prime Minister Imran Khan
By Umair Jamal
Economic turmoil, mass protests and a spat with the military are among a string of crises that the Pakistan government is battling at home.
October 22, 2021
Storm Clouds Hang Over ‘All-Weather’ Sino-Pakistani Friendship
By Umair Jamal
Attacks on Chinese nationals working in CPEC projects in Pakistan have drawn China’s ire.
October 08, 2021
Pakistan’s Great Expectations of the Taliban
By Umair Jamal
Taliban leaders would not want to appear as Pakistan’s pawns as that would undermine their stature among the rank and file.
September 28, 2021
Iran and Pakistan: Bilateral Bonding Over the Taliban
By Umair Jamal
Mutual interests are prompting Iran and Pakistan to work together to prevent Afghanistan from descending into another civil war.
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