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Acting like a paranoid state

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News Desk

A new chapter in Pak-Saudi cooperation

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Pakistan’s battle against imported terror

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Rana Zahid Iqbal

Path to peace: From prayer to practice

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Dr Maqsood Jafri

Between passion and the pressure

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Humanity as one body

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

From panic to policy

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News Desk

Moral, political, and financial economy: Pakistan’s path to sustainable growth

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News Desk

Extrapolating operation Sindoor-2.0

Extrapolating operation Sindoor-2.0

FROM 7th to 10th May 2025, Indian political leadership’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan met a disastrous fate as it proved fateful particularly...

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Air Cdre Zahid Ul Hassan R

Indo-Afghan nexus A calculated conspiracy against Pakistan

Indo-Afghan nexus A calculated conspiracy against Pakistan

THIS timeless axiom perfectly defines Pakistan’s current crossroads with Afghanistan. For decades Pakistan’s state policy has exemplified strategic...

yesterday 20

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News Desk

Indo-Afghan hostile partnership!

Indo-Afghan hostile partnership!

THE events of recent days have exposed the depth of Pakistan’s security concerns and the growing hostility of both India and Afghanistan towards...

yesterday 20

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Faisal Ahmad

Mob vs State: How much longer?

Mob vs State: How much longer?

PAKISTAN today stands at a dangerous crossroads where state authority has eroded and daily life for citizens has become hostage to chaos. Any group...

yesterday 20

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Barrister Usman Ali

Indo-Afghan terrorist nexus: Pak status quo ante posture

THE evolving trajectory of Indo-Afghan relationship, particularly since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, presents a complex geopolitical...

yesterday 10

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Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Dekha Jinhen Palat Kay

WHEN Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami declared, “Ataa-ul-Haq Qasmi is the greatest writer in Pakistan,” the hall of the National Institute of Public Policy...

yesterday 10

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Dr Farooq Adil

CPEC and Pakistan’s New Strategic Balancing Act

CPEC and Pakistan’s New Strategic Balancing Act

The sponsored media campaign against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan has resurfaced, indicating delays and derailment,...

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Is India getting trapped?

Is India getting trapped?

TERRORISTS continue to infiltrate Pakistan from the western border, carrying weapons and narcotics — the proceeds of which fund terrorism not only...

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Ghulam Murtaza

Influencers are setting bait Why we keep falling for it?

I’m all for getting things that make you feel good — a new outfit, a gadget, something that celebrates your effort and lifts your spirits. I do it...

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Mehr Jan

India’s ideological degeneration

India’s ideological degeneration

THE South Asian region rightly boasts of having been the home of all major global religions for centuries. Besides being the birthplace of...

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News Desk

Powered up for prosperity

Powered up for prosperity

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, historically the heartland of the ancient Silk Road, has long bridged China with Central Asia and Europe. Its...

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News Desk

There was no choice but surgery

WHEN a household member catches a mild fever or a common cold, our instinct is modest and sensible: we reach for remedies taught by elders, rest...

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

TTA in the lap of BJP!

TTA in the lap of BJP!

THE recent attack on Pakistan jointly conducted by the so-called Afghan forces and Indian-sponsored TTP reflects the gravity of emerging security...

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Hassan Ahmad

Asian foreign policy dynamics & Pakistan’s role

PERHAPS the most important Southeast Asian regional security event—economically and politically significant from Pakistan’s point of view—and a...

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Rashid Ahmed Mughal

Rediscovering the human purpose of education

THE survival of the fittest is a brutal reality in nature. The strong prosper and the weak perish. Solitary survival is unsustainable, so even...

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Waqar Hassan

A Shared Vision for a Better World: PSQCA’s Journey from Product Quality to System Excellence

A Shared Vision for a Better World: PSQCA’s Journey from Product Quality to System Excellence

Every year on October 14th, the global community unites to celebrate World Standards Day, reflecting on the invisible yet indispensable frameworks...

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News Desk

Daunting challenges and matching resolve

Daunting challenges and matching resolve

As Pakistan is making earnest efforts for a take off, hostile forces both at home and abroad have suddenly become active to obstruct its steady...

tuesday 2

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Gauhar Malik

A masterclass in statecraft

A masterclass in statecraft

WHEN President Alexander Stubb of Finland addressed the United Nations General Assembly a few days back, it reminded me of less like a routine...

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Kajal Manshad

Genocide halted in Gaza

HAMAS and Israel endorsed the United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the two-year war in Gaza. Consequently, the...

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Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Visionary leadership & progress

PAKISTAN stands today at the threshold of a new era of stability, dignity and progress — an era defined by visionary leadership, institutional...

tuesday 9

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Sardar Abdul Khaliq Wasi 

The 100-year terrorist history of RSS

THE bloodthirsty Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has completed 100 years since its establishment and alongside this, the vile campaign for...

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M Abdullah Hamid Gul

Shared Vision for a Better World

Building a Safer, Sustainable and Globally Competitive Food Industry   As Pakistan joins the global community in marking World Standards Day 2025...

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News Desk

Breast cancer awareness

Breast cancer awareness

BREAST Cancer is Pakistan’s most common cancer among women. According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 90,000 new cases are diagnosed...

13.10.2025 1

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News Desk

Lost decade of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Lost decade of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A nation does not fall when its buildings crumble or its coffers empty, it falls when its classrooms decay, when curiosity dies in silence, and...

13.10.2025 6

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Will Pakistan succeed in its strategic balancing act?

Will Pakistan succeed in its strategic balancing act?

There is a general impression that Pakistan has entered into a shining phase of its diplomacy as, so far, it has succeeded in maintaining a...

13.10.2025 1

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News Desk

Methamphetamine or Ice -A Clear & Present Danger

Methamphetamine or Ice -A Clear & Present Danger

AS per latest surveys and reports from world monitoring institutions, trend in drugs and substance abuse, is gradually shifting from plant-based...

13.10.2025 2

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News Desk

Inside the Afghan Taliban–TTP alliance

Over the past several months, Pakistan has faced an alarming surge in terrorist attacks targeting military posts, convoys, and police...

13.10.2025 2

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Pak-Afghan border clashes

Since Friday mid-night intense fighting is raging between Pakistan security forces and Afghan Taliban supported by Indian-backed fitnat-al-Khawarij...

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Malik Muhammad Ashraf

Will Pakistan succeed in its strategic balancing act?

Will Pakistan succeed in its strategic balancing act?

There is a general impression that Pakistan has entered into a shining phase of its diplomacy as, so far, it has succeeded in maintaining a...

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Gauhar Malik

Ghaza peace plan or dictated peace

The maverick US President Donald J. Trump released his twenty point peace plan for Ghaza after over two years of brutal Israeli onslaught, death...

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Tariq Aqil