Al Waie Magazine: Prominent Headlines Issue Number 477
In strategic terms, the war on Iran is about Trump building a new unipolar world order for the United States, free of obstacles from the major powers, Britain, France, China and Russia. On 18 April 2026, in an article in the electronic edition of the Wall Street Journal, under the title, “Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears”
As Iran-US war reshapes the Middle East, for America’s “New Middle East,” Pakistan finds itself in a familiar, but limiting role: acting as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran. Much of the domestic discourse has celebrated this diplomatic positioning. However, this moment demands a more uncomfortable question:
According to an annual report prepared with the support of the United Nations and released on 24 April, two-thirds of the people facing food insecurity worldwide live in just ten countries, including Afghanistan. The majority of these countries are in the Muslim world. This reality demonstrates that poverty and hunger in Afghanistan and across the Muslim world are not temporary phenomena...
