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Bangladesh Faces Mukti Bahini Redux

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Sajid Salamat

Role of the New Minorities’ Rights Commission

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Sajid Salamat

United Nations at 80! (Part I)

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Sajid Salamat

Pakistan’s Quiet Success Story

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Sajid Salamat

Pakistan’s Export Delusion

By December 2025, Pakistan’s export debate should have matured beyond slogans, press releases, and recycled policy promises. Instead, the...

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Decline of Confrontational Politics

Decline of Confrontational Politics

In recent times, the political drama unfolding around the Adiala incident has captured widespread attention, but not for reasons that inspire...

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Sajid Salamat

Bondi Beach and Misinformation

The Bondi Beach attack was a moment of horror that demanded sobriety, precision and restraint, yet almost as soon as the first police briefings...

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Sajid Salamat

Future of Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Future of Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Afghanistan remains the cornerstone of its foreign policy. This bond is...

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Sajid Salamat

CM Bihar Revives the Memory of Ravana

Leadership is the mirror through which the moral character of a nation is reflected. In societies that claim democratic maturity, elected leaders...

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Sajid Salamat

India: a Fascist State!

The recent incident in Bihar, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar publicly pulled the veil from a Muslim woman’s face, brutally stripped away the...

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Sajid Salamat

Quantum Mechanics Education

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2025 as the Year of Quantum Science and Technology under the leadership of the United...

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Sajid Salamat

Independence Cannot Be Subsidised: Why Government Advertising Is Not a Press Freedom Issue

Independence Cannot Be Subsidised: Why Government Advertising Is Not a Press Freedom Issue

APNEC’s characterisation of the government’s decision to withhold advertisements from a specific newspaper as an “attack on livelihoods” and...

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Sajid Salamat

Radicalised Seminaries in Afghanistan

Radicalised Seminaries in Afghanistan

In August 2021, after taking over the Kabul throne in a dramatic way, the Afghan Taliban strategised the national education system by establishing...

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Sajid Salamat

Why Washington Just Placed a $686 Million Bet on Pakistan?

For years, I’ve listened to analysts claim Washington was washing its hands of us. So, honestly? I felt a real sense of vindication when the State...

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Sajid Salamat

National Security Strategy of the US

Released in November, the document called the National Security Strategy of the United States (US) exudes significant aspects. Regarding foreign,...

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Sajid Salamat

Pakistan’s Long War Without Accountability

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Sajid Salamat

Misleading Lies

Nobody in their right mind likes the permeating ambience of confrontation between the Army and PTI, which, unfortunately, is a sequel to a false...

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Sajid Salamat

Philosophy of Identity in the Digital Self

Philosophy of Identity in the Digital Self

The way we perceive and represent human identity has changed dramatically in the digital age. Identity is today shaped by screens, profiles, and...

16.12.2025 1

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Sajid Salamat

Significance of Conflict Management

It has been over two years since I began writing about our situation in World War 2.5, which could expand both horizontally and vertically at any...

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Sajid Salamat

Psychology of Misinformation

In today’s world, it is no longer the lack of information that troubles us, but the overwhelming flood of it. Our phones buzz with alerts before we...

16.12.2025 20

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Sajid Salamat

Reforming Administration, Not Geography

Pakistan is at a critical crossroads in governance. With a population nearing 240 million in 2025, concentrated primarily in four provinces –...

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Sajid Salamat

Pakistan Needs the Language of Ecology

Pakistan Needs the Language of Ecology

Language shapes our perception and, in a way, influences our actions. Pakistan is blessed with extraordinary linguistic and cultural diversity, yet...

15.12.2025 7

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Sajid Salamat

Tum Ho Koun?

There is something profoundly unsettling about how deeply we, as Pakistanis, have internalised cynicism. After decades of political instability,...

15.12.2025 3

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Sajid Salamat

Crime, Elections and the Erosion of Indian Democratic Norms

Success in the real world is never born of illusion. It is first bestowed by the grace of Almighty Allah and then shaped by human effort,...

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Sajid Salamat

Empowering Youth and Driving Inclusive Development

Empowering Youth and Driving Inclusive Development

Balochistan – the country’s largest province in terms of land – comprises 36 districts, each characterised by distinct cultures, heritage, and...

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Sajid Salamat