The journal aims to:

• Promote cutting-edge, interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the multifaceted interactions between people, political structures, and historical processes at global and regional levels.
• Provide an authoritative and inclusive venue for original research that enhances conceptual, theoretical, and empirical contributions across the social sciences.
• Uphold rigorous academic standards through a transparent and robust double-blind peer-review system that ensures fairness, integrity, and scholarly excellence.

The journal seeks to achieve its aims by:

• Publishing biannual, peer-reviewed research that explores governance, political economy, historical narratives, social hierarchies, security dynamics, and global–local interconnections.
• Encouraging diverse scholarly engagement by welcoming interdisciplinary work on colonial and postcolonial legacies, nationalism, identity politics, diplomacy, transnational movements, and regional affairs with relevance to Pakistan and comparative global contexts.
• Maintaining ethical and professional editorial practices through thorough preliminary screening procedures such as plagiarism checks, scope assessment, linguistic clarity review, and strict adherence to formatting guidelines prior to the peer-review stage.