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Diplomat’s story on Dr Afia is misleading & malafide

yesterday 10

Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Messi came for India but elite stole show

yesterday 10

Pakistan Observer

Mehr Jan

From SAARC to SACA: Reimagining cooperation

yesterday 50

Pakistan Observer

Huma Baqai

Shrinking space for Indian religious & social minorities

yesterday 10

Pakistan Observer

Dr Muhammad Khan

When systems fail mothers

yesterday 40

Pakistan Observer

Dr Eesha Yaqoob

The basic rules of reforming society

yesterday 20

Pakistan Observer

Ghulam Yaseen Nizami

Decision that shapes tomorrow

  INVOKING Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Faiz Hameed in the same breath evokes unease, yet it is unavoidable. When Faiz Hameed was sentenced, a question...

previous day 70

Pakistan Observer

Dr Farooq Adil

South Asia’s strategic squeeze

  DONALD Trump’s National Security Strategy of November 2025 can be summed up in a simple slogan: win the economic race and prevent a major war....

previous day 30

Pakistan Observer

M A Hossain

Diplomat’s story on Dr Afia Siddiqui is misleading and malafide

Diplomat’s story on Dr Afia Siddiqui is misleading and malafide

In recent years, segments of the international media have increasingly adopted selective and one-sided narratives on Pakistan, undermining...

previous day 10

Pakistan Observer

News Desk

From SAARC to SACA: Reimagining Economic Cooperation in South Asia

India’s claim to economic leadership of the region stands hugely compromised.Such roles demand credibility, restraint, and inclusion qualities that...

previous day 70

Pakistan Observer

Huma Baqai

Ensuring discipline & excellence in Pak varsities

Ensuring discipline & excellence in Pak varsities

WHY would a university that admits the brightest students allow itself to become a breeding ground for drug abuse and impropriety? This is the core...

previous day 10

Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Trump’s diplomatic urge to untangle Kashmir knot

  RECENTLY, Pakistan has once again nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. This decision is based on Pakistan’s belief...

previous day 10

Pakistan Observer

Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Qatar’s role in the Muslim world and beyond

  QATAR, though a small Arab state, has established itself as a significant diplomatic and economic force, with Doha as its capital. Under the...

previous day 20

Pakistan Observer

M Abdullah Hamid Gul

Kashmir’s silence, betrayal and looming storm

Kashmir’s silence, betrayal and looming storm

THE recent report by the Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) on its eleventh visit to Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is not merely observational; it...

previous day 20

Pakistan Observer

News Desk

CPEC Phase 2.0 and Structural Impediments & Way Forwards

CPEC Phase 2.0 and Structural Impediments & Way Forwards

Despite whims and wishes, CPEC Phase 2.0 has not yet gained any “momentum” in Pakistan due to many “multidimensional” reasons, ranging from...

wednesday 90

Pakistan Observer

Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Sharif takes charge of AJK-GB campaign

As Pakistan’s political horizon turns toward the 2026 electoral cycle, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has signaled a...

wednesday 1

Pakistan Observer

Sardar Abdul Khaliq Wasi 

Building Pak national disaster information management system

Building Pak national disaster information management system

DISASTERS strike without warning and demand speed, clarity and unity of effort. Pakistan has faced earthquakes, floods, pandemics and urban...

wednesday 10

Pakistan Observer

Lt Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat Retd

Politics: Privilege or public duty

Politics: Privilege or public duty

  In many developing countries, politics occupies a complicated and often contradictory space. It is celebrated as the core of democracy, a...

wednesday 1

Pakistan Observer

Brig Naseem Akhtar R

Pak under siege of social media

Pak under siege of social media

In Pakistan today, the most contested space is no longer political rallies or television studios. It is the digital sphere, where narratives are...

wednesday 20

Pakistan Observer

Abdul Basit Khan

CPEC’s Great Leap: Can Pakistan’s Industrial Zones Transform its Economic Destiny?

CPEC’s Great Leap: Can Pakistan’s Industrial Zones Transform its Economic Destiny?

As Pakistan looks for new ways to revive its economy, one crucial question stands out: can the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the...

wednesday 30

Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Pakistan politics through populism & Marxist lens

Pakistan politics through populism & Marxist lens

PAKISTAN’S political landscape has long been defined not only by the competition of par-ties but by the competition of narratives. From the slogans...

wednesday 20

Pakistan Observer

Dr Syed Asim Ali Bukhari

Future of Pakistan linked with more administrative units

Future of Pakistan linked with more administrative units

THE importance of institutional reform is powerfully articulated in the work of economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, authors of Why...

16.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Ghulam Murtaza

Nuclear fusion: A carbon-free energy source

THE Conference of the Parties (COP) 30 reconfirmed the Trump administration’s opposition to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

16.12.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Faith, unity, discipline — our shield against terror

Faith, unity, discipline — our shield against terror

PAKISTAN is once again reeling under a severe wave of terrorism. From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to the federal capital, Islamabad, a fresh...

16.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Barrister Usman Ali

The unanswered massacre

The unanswered massacre

ON winter mornings in Peshawar, some mothers still wake before dawn, not because they must, but because sleep no longer obeys them. School uniforms...

16.12.2025 1

Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Energy — the backbone of the economy

THE modern world is advancing at an unprecedented pace, powered by energy. Energy lies at the heart of every human activity. In physics, it is...

16.12.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Waqar Hassan

New command structure of armed forces

  AFTER the passage of 27th Amendment bill command structure of armed forces has been restructured. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has been...

15.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Tariq Aqil

Three operations for naya Pakistan

  Centralised power, judiciary restructured and military as the state’s core operating system – this is Naya Pakistan. Centralised power itself is...

15.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Global commitment for right of self-determination

Global commitment for right of self-determination

SELF-determination is the concept of a people’s right to choose their own political, economic, and social destiny, often leading to the formation...

15.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Dr A Z Hilali

The price of learning

The price of learning

The classroom was supposed to lift our children up, now it’s dragging their parents down. In Pakistan, education has transformed from a...

15.12.2025 1

Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Hidden facts behind fall of East Pakistan

THE disintegration of Pakistan in December 1971 remains one of the most painful chapters in South Asian history. Beyond the often-repeated...

15.12.2025 2

Pakistan Observer

Dr Muhammad Khan