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CPEC 2.0: Driving Growth in Mining and Agriculture

31.12.2025 7

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Decoding CPEC Phase 2.0: Pak-China Friendship 2025 and Beyond

31.12.2025 6

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Russia-Ukraine war: Origins and impact

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Shaping Pakistan’s demographic trajectory

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Pakistan’s human capital crisis Why education is failing the economy

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Waqar Hassan

Organised fraud in DHA Karachi

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Sovereignty under strain: India’s expanding shadow in Nepal

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Pak-US: Thaw in relationship

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Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Drink me, bill me, forget me Islamabad’s contamination cascade, a memo from the Ministry of Potable Affairs

Drink me, bill me, forget me Islamabad’s contamination cascade, a memo from the Ministry of Potable Affairs

In the Valley of Margallas, December 2025 poured itself quietly into a G-11 kitchen glass. Clear. Odorless. Municipally supplied. The woman paused,...

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Strategic leadership of CDF in a changing world order

The multidimensional personality and leadership style of Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of Pakistan, have remained under...

yesterday 40

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Is Pakistan entering MBZ’s strategic map?

AS outlined in the 2025 US National Security Strategy, the United States is stepping back from its role as the ‘primary security provider’ across...

yesterday 40

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Farrukh Saleem

From crisis to course correction

From crisis to course correction

  PAKISTAN approaches 2026 not as a country burdened by failure, but as a nation standing at the threshold of possibility, a moment in which...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Path to global economic parity

  Globally renowned Pakistani economist Atif Mian, who has consistently shown academic interest in Pakistan’s economy, recently put forward the...

yesterday 30

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Dr Atiq Ur Rehman

Environmental crisis

  THE entire world community including Pakistan is now in the severe grip of a dangerous environmental crisis. This natural crisis is so severe...

yesterday 40

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Tariq Aqil

Resurgence of the Two Nations Theory

Resurgence of the Two Nations Theory

  FOLLOWING the fall of Dhaka in 1971, Indira Gandhi arrogantly proclaimed that the “Two-Nation Theory has been drowned in the Bay of Bengal.” At...

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Faisal Ahmad

Reimagining the future of PIA A strategic privatization approach

Reimagining the future of PIA A strategic privatization approach

THE recent acquisition of 75% of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) by a private consortium has sparked a heated debate across the nation. While...

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The UN template India buried

The UN template India buried

  THE verdant valleys and snow-capped peaks of Kashmir have long been shrouded in a mist of political contention, but beneath the fog of competing...

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Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R

Enduring paradox of power

Enduring paradox of power

  ONE of the most enduring and uncomfortable truths of Pakistani politics is that democracy is repeatedly invoked, but rarely internalized....

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Barrister Usman Ali

Scarcity, floods and geopolitics imperil Pakistan

  A few issues cut to the heart of Pakistan’s survival as sharply as water security. With the Indus River system as its lifeline, the country faces...

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Sultan M Hali

The Bhutto-Zardari legacy

The Bhutto-Zardari legacy

  Pakistan’s political history cannot be meaningfully understood without examining the sacrifices made by the Bhutto family. From Zulfiqar Ali...

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Naveed Aman Khan

New dimensions of Pakistan-Russia relations

  The world map appears to be shifting in the coming years. In this rapidly changing global system, the transfer of the power center from the West...

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M Abdullah Hamid Gul

Pak, emerging regional security threats & policy options

  According to many international reports, Afghanistan has once again become a “connecting” and “convergence” hub for Al-Qaida, IS-KP, TTP,...

saturday 1

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Security dynamics of southern KP

  The districts of South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa—Kohat, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, North and South Waziristan as well as other former...

saturday 30

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Dr Amir Ullah Khan

A history written with gaps of silence

  HISTORY is not merely a chronological list of events; it is also a repository of unanswered questions, lingering doubts and suppressed truths...

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

BD’s political instability & regional security dynamics

BD’s political instability & regional security dynamics

India–Bangladesh relations have worsened since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wajid. The chief determinant of bilateral ties has long been whether the...

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Abdul Basit

Access to Sindh’s rural areas

Access to Sindh’s rural areas

Access to rural Sindh remains a persistent challenge. Whenever I get the opportunity to return to my village, the journey itself becomes a painful...

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Delayed justice for minorities

Delayed justice for minorities

DESPITE a landmark Supreme Court judgment in 2014 mandating concrete protections for religious minorities, Pakistan continues to struggle with...

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UN charge sheets India for violating its charter

UN charge sheets India for violating its charter

  The United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs and independent experts issued a detailed report on their specialized areas of jurisdiction on 15...

26.12.2025 2

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Air Cdre Zahid Ul Hassan R

We Love Our Prophet

  I love my Prophet (PBUH). All Muslims love Prophet Muhammad. Inherently and divinely, love reaches its zenith between parents and offspring. I,...

26.12.2025 3

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Pakistani society’s acceptance of remarriage

Pakistani society’s acceptance of remarriage

Second marriages have become more visible in Pakistan in recent years. Previously, remarrying after divorce or the death of a spouse was widely...

26.12.2025 20

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Amna Nasir Jamal

Jammu & Kashmir in Quaid-e-Azam’s strategic vision

  As a visionary leader, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had a deep affinity and enduring attachment with the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir....

26.12.2025 2

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Cultural crossroads for Pakistani youth

Cultural crossroads for Pakistani youth

The topic of Western culture’s impact on Pakistani youth remains hotly contested. It permeates social media, dominates media conversations and...

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