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Pakistan must carefully navigate a complicated diplomatic chessboard

Pakistan must carefully navigate a complicated diplomatic chessboard https://arab.news/8bn4a On my television screen, I watched a plume of smoke rise...

01.03.2026 40

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Owais Tohid

US-Iran tensions threaten Pakistan’s economic fragility

US-Iran tensions threaten Pakistan’s economic fragility https://arab.news/vr9rr As an IMF review mission settles this week for an assessment on...

27.02.2026 100

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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Pakistan cannot afford a US-Iran conflict but must prepare

Pakistan cannot afford a US-Iran conflict but must prepare https://arab.news/4x4td Pakistan remains etched in a volatile neighborhood and maintaining...

24.02.2026 100

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Umar Karim

The ‘China model’ is not a model for Pakistan to replicate

The ‘China model’ is not a model for Pakistan to replicate https://arab.news/cuwzv Recently, one increasingly hears in policy circles in Islamabad...

23.02.2026 90

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Javed Hassan

Starmer is learning the lessons of politics the hard way

Starmer is learning the lessons of politics the hard way https://arab.news/5kfed Few could have foreseen that merely 17 months after Keir Starmer led...

15.02.2026 20

Arab News Pakistan

Yossi Mekelberg

Africa pays a high price for dollar dependence

Africa pays a high price for dollar dependence https://arab.news/p4qj5 Governments across Africa are rightfully questioning the wisdom of anchoring...

15.02.2026 10

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Hafed Al-Ghwell

Jordan’s growing role in Turkish foreign policy

Jordan’s growing role in Turkish foreign policy https://arab.news/zwzb4 Turkiye and Jordan were significantly affected by the Syrian civil war that...

15.02.2026 10

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Dr. Sinem Cengiz

Tripoli deserves better than its current leaders

Tripoli deserves better than its current leaders https://arab.news/whz9h A building collapse in Tripoli, Lebanon, last week killed 14 people. The...

15.02.2026 10

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Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib

From remittances to results: Saudi Arabia’s new economic play in Pakistan

From remittances to results: Saudi Arabia’s new economic play in Pakistan https://arab.news/gjv8r After decades of financial lifelines, Saudi Arabia...

15.02.2026 150

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Mehreen Durrani

Saudi Arabia leads the Gulf in scaling AI finance

13.02.2026 10

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Dmitry Kaminskiy

Daesh-Khorasan’s potent and persist threat

12.02.2026 10

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Abdul Basit Khan

Emerging markets must build on their recent success

11.02.2026 20

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Mohammed Al-Jadaan & Kristalina Georgieva

Pakistan is finding its diplomatic mojo

09.02.2026 20

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Adnan Rehmat

The scenarios Egypt is preparing for in Sudan

09.02.2026 10

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Dr. Abdellatif El-Menawy

Prince William visits Saudi Arabia at an extraordinary moment

09.02.2026 20

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Stephen Charles Hitchen

Iran facing its most severe set of challenges

08.02.2026 20

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Yossi Mekelberg

Italy, Saudi Arabia share a vision based on dialogue, accountability

08.02.2026 10

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Guido Crosetto

Why Pakistan deserves a second look from long-term Gulf investors 

05.02.2026 10

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Aamir Ibrahim

What Pakistan can learn from Saudi Arabia’s economic revolution

04.02.2026 40

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Dr. Aqdas Afzal

Age of impunity: When might writes the rules again

03.02.2026 10

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Gulfood proves Pakistan’s food industry is ready for the global table

03.02.2026 10

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Sara Danial

When leaving becomes a duty

02.02.2026 10

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Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor

Balance key as Gulf states’ soft power grows

01.02.2026 10

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Maha Akeel

Pakistan’s paradox: Stability without investment

29.01.2026 10

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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

India’s trade breakthrough is a wake-up call for Pakistan 

28.01.2026 8

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Javed Hassan

The year of Pakistan’s geoeconomic power litmus test

22.01.2026 30

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Adnan Rehmat

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia’s strategic stability in 2026

18.01.2026 20

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Nasim Zehra

Pakistan’s digital creators are ready for the global content economy

16.01.2026 20

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Sara Danial

Threat perceptions in Pakistan’s neighborhood are changing

16.01.2026 40

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Javed Hafeez

Pakistan strategically needs deeper scholarship on the MENA region

16.01.2026 60

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Umar Karim

From Pakistan to Ukraine, global violence is in flux

13.01.2026 70

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Beyond stabilization: The next challenge for Pakistan’s economy

02.01.2026 50

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Dr. Aqdas Afzal

Humanity’s alignment problem

31.12.2025 20

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Antara Haldar

Netanyahu before the court of the 21st century

31.12.2025 20

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Ghassan Charbel

UK still counting the cost 10 years on from Brexit vote

31.12.2025 10

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Mohamed Chebaro

Will one tumultuous year lead to another?

31.12.2025 20

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Yossi Mekelberg

The coming electric disruption and its ripple effects on the region

30.12.2025 30

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Javed Hassan

Pakistan’s worsening threat landscape in 2025

28.12.2025 20

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Abdul Basit Khan

Turkiye has a crucial role in the rebuilding of Gaza

27.12.2025 30

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Dr. Sinem Cengiz

Lifting the Caesar sanctions: A long-overdue opportunity for Syria and a test for its new leaders

27.12.2025 30

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Hani Hazaimeh

The year that could be

26.12.2025 20

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Lea Ypi

Courage the key to ending conflicts

26.12.2025 30

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Chris Doyle

Saudi Arabia is not exceptional

26.12.2025 30

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Prince Turki Al-Faisal

From bailouts to business: The dawn of a post-privatization PIA

24.12.2025 40

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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Pakistan’s regional connectivity dreams have got a geopolitical reality check

15.12.2025 30

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Umar Karim

After Afghan clerics’ decree, Pakistan should rethink its ‘do more’ stance

14.12.2025 10

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Naila Mahsud

Influencer economy must balance creativity, compliance

11.12.2025 10

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Sara Al-Mulla

The Doha Film Festival marked a cultural turning point for the region

09.12.2025 10

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Sara Danial

Pakistan–Afghan crisis is deepening dangerously

08.12.2025 60

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Pakistan’s new constitutional court could fix economic fault lines

04.12.2025 20

Arab News Pakistan

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed