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CDF steers Pakistan towards ‘smart power status’

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Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Return of Caesars: Chips, Memory, and the Pacific

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Syed Wajahat Ali

Portrait of a captivating mind

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Dr Farooq Adil

New Year and self-accountability

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Ghulam Yaseen Nizami

The hidden front

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Riaz Missen

Pakistan at a crossroads

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Lt Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat Retd

Afghanistan governed but not reconciled

The United Nations Security Council’s latest report on Afghanistan, S/2025/796, offers a stark assessment four years after the Taliban’s return:...

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News Desk

Financial mismanagement in KP higher education

HIGHER education is considered a key pillar of a country’s development and prosperity. It contributes to the progress of society, boosts socio-...

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Dr A Z Hilali

A defining year for Pakistan

AS the final days of 2025 quietly recede and the first light of 2026 prepares to dawn, the moment demands more than ritual optimism. It invites...

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

Migration chaos: Human suffering and politics

THE sentiment that “migration is a nightmare” reflects a widely discussed and politically sensitive topic linked to international policies,...

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Rashid Ahmed Mughal

2025: A year of reframed governance in Punjab

PUNJAB’S journey through 2025 has unfolded as a year in which governance was not merely asserted but demonstrated. Under Chief Minister Punjab...

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Qudrat Ullah

Miracle 2025

AGAINST all expectations, Pakistan re-emerged as a pivotal actor on the global stage in 2025. Through energetic diplomacy and an assertive foreign...

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CPEC 2.0: Driving Growth in Mining and Agriculture

CPEC 2.0: Driving Growth in Mining and Agriculture

Zahid Maqsood Sheikh With vast untapped mineral resources and one of the world’s largest agricultural bases, Pakistan stands at a pivotal moment....

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

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

CPEC Phase 2.0 has been hailed as a “bridge of culture and economy” by Pakistan’s federal minister of information, highlighting its strategic...

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Russia-Ukraine war: Origins and impact

Russia-Ukraine war: Origins and impact

The war between Russia and Ukraine is one of the most significant geopolitical conflicts of the twenty-first century. What began as a regional...

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Shaping Pakistan’s demographic trajectory

Shaping Pakistan’s demographic trajectory

Pakistan’s youth will drive national progress only through bold investments in women, health, education and data-led governance. AS Pakistan turns...

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

Pakistan presents a persistent paradox. It occupies a strategically important location, possesses abundant natural resources and has one of the...

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Waqar Hassan

Organised fraud in DHA Karachi

Organised fraud in DHA Karachi

CRIMINALS invest significant resources into independent projects to incubate in society, establish respectable space and formulate social networks....

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Sovereignty under strain: India’s expanding shadow in Nepal

Sovereignty under strain: India’s expanding shadow in Nepal

Nepal and India share a long and complex relationship shaped by geography, trade, and deep cultural ties. India has historically positioned itself...

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Pak-US: Thaw in relationship

BILATERAL relations between Pakistan and the US are on a positive trajectory amid the rapidly transforming global politics. Multipolarity is both...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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