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A Digital Nation Without Digital Rights

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Sajid Salamat

Israel-U.S. Fixation on Regime Change in Iran

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Sajid Salamat

Why Doha is Not the Answer

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Sajid Salamat

Shield of Steel: Why the Beijing-Islamabad Security Pact is a Nightmare for Terrorists

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Sajid Salamat

From Prices to Power: What Iran’s Protests Really Mean – Explainer

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Attia Naveed

Reforms in Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan

The political process of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has nothing to do with institutionally democratic evolution but...

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Sajid Salamat

Credentialism in the Age of Chatbots

The twenty-first century is widely recognised as an era of technological advancement, largely driven by information technology, computers, and...

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Sajid Salamat

If Losses Justify Privatisation, What About the Government Itself?

The federal government’s push to privatise state-owned enterprises is being sold as an exercise in realism. Chronic losses, bloated payrolls, weak...

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Sajid Salamat

End of Cheap Globalisation

For nearly three decades, Pakistan operated within a global economic order that quietly rewarded its weaknesses. Cheap labour compensated for low...

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Sajid Salamat

Monroe to Donroe – Via Bush

The term “Donroe Doctrine” emerged as an analytical coinage to capture Donald Trump’s revival and mutation of the Monroe Doctrine. It fuses...

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Sajid Salamat

Palestine and Venezuela Have Exposed the World

“Palestine,” Yahya Sinwar said, “will expose the world.” It has done precisely that. Gaza has stripped the mask from the global order....

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Sajid Salamat

DG ISPR’s Unambiguous Response

Pakistan still stands today at a critical juncture where internal security, political foresight, military strength, and national unity have assumed...

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Sajid Salamat

Co-Creating Education with Youth

Within the span of a single week, two university students attempted to take their own lives-an alarming and deeply troubling development that...

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Sajid Salamat

Political Repression and Social Marginalisation in Afghanistan

The United Nations Security Council’s report on Afghanistan presents a glaring picture of the social and political-economic situation in...

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Sajid Salamat

Reimagining Public Education Through Schools of Eminence

Public education in Pakistan has made important strides over the years, particularly in expanding access and enrollment. As the education landscape...

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Sajid Salamat

Misplaced Criticism from Amnesty International

Recent criticism from Amnesty International on Constitutional Amendments in Pakistan seems misplaced, with a strong impression of unnecessary...

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Sajid Salamat

Do India- Bangladesh Relations Signal a New Strategic Front?

Amidst transforming regional security dynamics, India reinforced its eastern flank by establishing three fully operational military stations at...

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Sajid Salamat

Boosting Islamabad-Abu Dhabi Relations

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) share some of the warmest and most enduring ties in the Muslim world, marked by close political...

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Sajid Salamat

WEPX 2026: From Women-Centred Vision to Economic Outcomes

In Pakistan, discussions on women’s empowerment have long hovered between symbolism and intent, often producing visibility without viability and...

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Sajid Salamat

Karachi Operation Should Be a Turning Point

Pakistan’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies recently achieved a major counterterrorism success in Karachi, uncovering and neutralising a...

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Sajid Salamat

Hydro-Power or Hydro-Politics: The Perils of Weaponizing Water

On December 29, 2025, India marked another blow on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) through the approval of the Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on...

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Sajid Salamat

Global Shift of Power from Oil to Silver

The United States launched an aggressive political, economic, and covert intervention against Venezuela, an action widely portrayed as an...

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Sajid Salamat

Building on the Past, Embracing the Future

The turn of the year renews all nature. At the dawn of 2026, on behalf of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Islamic Republic of...

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Sajid Salamat

PIA, ‘Hard Reality to Fly With’

For decades, Pakistan International Airlines carried a slogan that resonated beyond advertising: Great People to Fly With. It reflected a period...

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Sajid Salamat

Venezuela and Beyond

Venezuela is back in the international news cycle courtesy of a long-running interventionist script that is played on the world stage year on year...

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Sajid Salamat

From Consumption to Capability

In Lahore, Dhaka, or any fast-growing city of the Global South, the story of “growth” is often narrated through the lens of consumption: the new...

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Sajid Salamat