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Nikkei Asia
6 days ago
- General
- Nikkei Asia
No end in sight to Israel's targeting of Gaza
A view from Israel of humanitarian aid being airdropped into Gaza on Aug. 7. © Reuters Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region.

Nikkei Asia
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Nikkei Asia
Pakistan's urgent, existential threat is climate change, not India
Monsoon rains arrive earlier than expected in Lahore on July 9. © Reuters Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. Just two months after Pakistan emerged from a military clash with India that caught the world's attention, the country's changing weather pattern has reinforced a warning from the finance minister who cited climate change and a population surge to present an "existential threat" to its future. It was a timely view that underlined the biggest challenge faced by the South Asian country, notwithstanding tensions surrounding ties with Pakistan's next-door neighbor.

Nikkei Asia
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
The Israel-Iran conflict must be immediately de-escalated
Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. Israel's attacks on Iran's top military elite and nuclear sites, and Iran's retaliation by firing missiles on Israel, have swiftly raised the already mounting risk to peace across the wider Middle East and the world.

Nikkei Asia
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
China is the unlikely winner of the Indo-Pakistan conflict
Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. When Indian and Pakistani militaries clashed in early May, few foresaw China's rise as the key winner from the four-day conflict.


Nikkei Asia
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Mediation is needed before India and Pakistan cross the nuclear line
Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. India and Pakistan's unprecedented tit-for-tat military strikes on Wednesday marked their most serious escalation since their 1998 nuclear tests, and they raise fears of a broader threat to global security well beyond their shared border.