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As a Pakistani security analyst who’s spent years following the trail of regional terrorism, I’ve grown used to one of the worst parts of the job:...
Eminent economist Michael Porter, in his seminal work, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990), observed that “competitiveness is not a function...
The scripts coming out of Kabul lately aren’t just fiction; they are dangerous delusions designed to mask a blood-soaked reality. When Zabiullah...
If you scroll through social media timelines across the border right now, you see a lot of noise. The keyboard warriors in India are having a field...
The delusional leadership of the so-called Balochistan Liberation Army, or perhaps more accurately named Fitna al-Hindustan, made a grave calculation...
For over four decades, Pakistan’s development and poverty-reduction landscape has been shaped by financial and technical assistance from the UN...
I have been closely tracking the shifting sands of foreign-sponsored terrorism in our region for a long time but I must say that the recent propaganda...
I am trying to find the words to describe the Gul Plaza tragedy, but honestly, it’s hard. My hands are shaking as I type. I can’t stop crying. Six...
There is often a distinct dissonance at Davos between the high rhetoric of the plenaries and the hard realities of geopolitics. Yet amidst the...
There is a dangerous idea in foreign policy that says silence is safety. For years, critics have urged Pakistan to retreat—to just turn away from...
History often turns on moments that seem technical on paper but are revolutionary in spirit. On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Pakistan didn’t just...
You can always smell victory, it has that distinct scent of jet fuel and confidence. As I go through the stack of defense briefings and diplomatic...
They built him up as the ‘James Bond of India.’ When Ajit Doval walked in as National Security Advisor, he had that spy-chief swagger and a...
I was monitoring the feed from the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing this Sunday, watching the final signatures being placed on the Joint Press...
Every process in human life progresses in a sequence; similarly, the movement towards a logical conclusion is a fundamental principle of order,...
IT is a tragedy of grim proportions that the economic livelihood of the Afghan people is being held hostage by the ideological intransigence of their...
Justice delayed is justice denied. This saying embodies the core issue of Pakistan’s judicial system, where the backlog of cases increases daily...
Education is a fundamental right of every Pakistani citizen. Under Article 25-A of the Constitution, the state must provide free and compulsory...
Pakistan has always had to deal with tough borders and neighbors who do not play fair. For years, it has been trying to figure out how to modernize...
I followed the news closely when the explosion in *Delhi* hit the headlines. It was a massive blast, but the details were clear: Indian media itself...
In the digital age, rumors sprint while the truth limps behind. It starts with a ping — a WhatsApp forward warning of a “blast at Karachi...
Social media posts circulated on Tuesday claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had launched multiple coordinated attacks across Khyber...
Every time a bomb shakes a marketplace. Every time gunfire shatters a schoolyard. The same question haunts the nation: who gave these men the right to...
For decades, Pakistan did what others would not. It opened its doors to Afghan families running from war, hunger, and fear, strangers who were treated...
By Zahid Bashir History has never been a simple chronicle of victories or defeats; it is a mirror reflecting the choices of nations. The relationship...
It began with compassion. For more than four decades, Pakistan opened its doors to millions of Afghans escaping war, hunger, and despair — not for...
As the global community observes World Food Day under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future,” we are called to confront a...
Wars don’t always start with bombs, they often begin with broken promises. For India, the betrayal runs deep. Across the battlefields of Ukraine,...
This publication has been funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The views expressed in this...
For more than two decades, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and its adjoining tribal areas have stood at the centre of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism...
For a farmer staring at a cracked and thirsty field, the news from Islamabad feels a world away. Our nation is suffering, but the wound isn’t...
In the hushed, carefully calibrated world of diplomacy, it’s a rare thing when a senior general decides to tear up the script. But that’s...
Everywhere you look, old alliances are showing their age and new conflicts are threatening to boil over. In this kind of environment, stability is the...
A strange and telling paradox is unfolding in Narendra Modi’s India, a nation increasingly governed by a selective nationalism that picks its...
The floods of 2025 struck Punjab with a force not seen in decades. Heavy monsoon downpours, combined with high releases from Indian reservoirs, drove...
Let’s be brutally honest about the narrative on national security being peddled by Imran Khan and his supporters. It’s not just flawed; it’s a...
In the grand sweep of a nation’s journey, some moments serve as an actual inflexion point—a pivot from a history of recurring challenges to a...
Written by: Ali Basit The seas have always been the lifelines of nations, connecting civilisations, carrying commerce, and shaping the fate of...
For those of us who call ourselves Pakistani, the 6th of September isn’t just a date from a history book; it’s part of our very DNA. On this day,...
There’s a different kind of quiet that settles over Interior Sindh when the monsoon clouds gather heavily in the sky. It’s not the silence of...
The question of creating new provinces in Pakistan has once again become part of the national debate. This discussion is not merely about drawing new...
Look, you don’t need to be a foreign policy expert to see that something doesn’t add up with India right now. On the one hand, you have Prime...
For too long, our nation has borne the grievous wounds inflicted by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist syndicate that has found a...
Let me tell you what it’s like. In Karachi, before a big rain, everything stops for a second. The sky looks angry. This is weird, dark purple, and...
With vast swathes of Karachi remaining submerged days after torrential monsoon rains and a complete absence of political leadership on the ground,...
In times of national crisis, when floodwaters wash away the structures of civilian life, one institution invariably stands firm. As Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Monsoon chaos has once again gripped Pakistan, reminiscent of the devastating 2022 floods that submerged one-third of the country and destroyed...
This Independence Day hits different, doesn’t it? Here in Pakistan, the air’s thick with a kind of patriotism you can almost touch—a fresh wave...
Lookin’ out at the city tonight, mate, it honestly feels like the whole country’s just taken a massive, proper breath out. The vibe is just...
Washington’s whispers have a way of becoming Rawalpindi’s roars. And so it is with the banned terrorist outfit Balochistan Liberation Army. A name...
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