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CSS Exam vs Private Sector Jobs: Which Is a Better Career Path in Pakistan?

CSS Exam vs Private Sector Jobs: Which Is a Better Career Path in Pakistan?

Every semester, hundreds of universities across Pakistan pass out thousands of students. All these young students dream about a better future....

yesterday 40

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Abdullah Nisar

The Security Crisis in Mali: When Insurgencies & Interventions Fracture a State

The Security Crisis in Mali: When Insurgencies & Interventions Fracture a State

Historical Background Instability in Mali dates back to 2012, when the Tuareg ethnic community started a rebellion against their own government....

yesterday 10

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Syeda Farani Fatima

The Silent Rise of Screen Addiction in Pakistan

The Silent Rise of Screen Addiction in Pakistan

Dinner tables in Pakistani households were once filled with family conversations, the sound of television, and the clinking of plates. Now, a child...

yesterday 40

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Wali muhammad khan

Digital Screens: The New Weapons of War

Digital Screens: The New Weapons of War

With the advent of information technology, screens have become the newest battlefield—a battlefield for conquering minds. Dissemination of...

previous day 20

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Zaheer shigri and shamail ahmed

The Imperial Lie: Deception by Design

The Imperial Lie: Deception by Design

The imperial lie is the grim, repeating cadence of history. It is a rhythmic pulse of deception that spans time, continents, and decades. From...

saturday 30

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Mir Adnan Aziz

Environmental Determinism to Possibilism: Evolution of Geographical Thought

Environmental Determinism to Possibilism: Evolution of Geographical Thought

Environmental determinism is an outdated yet foundational concept in human geography. It delineates that the physical environment—distribution of...

saturday 20

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Usama ranjha

Cricket Diplomacy: How Pakistan and Bangladesh Shape Public Opinion Through Sports

Cricket as Public Diplomacy One of the famous arenas where politically conflicted South Asian states compete and come together is cricket. Both...

29.05.2026 20

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Fatima Khan

Pakistan at the Crossroads Amid Economic and Geopolitical Strain

Pakistan at the Crossroads Amid Economic and Geopolitical Strain

The international order is altering fundamentally. As 2026 unfolds, the old bloc politics of rigid patterns are slowly giving way to flexible,...

28.05.2026 70

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Nayab Khalid

Hajj, Umrah, and the Soft Power of Saudi Arabia

Hajj, Umrah, and the Soft Power of Saudi Arabia

In the hills and valleys around Mecca, there is a yearly occurrence that has no counterpart in human experience. Millions of people who follow Islam...

27.05.2026 30

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Abdul Basit

Significance of the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026

Significance of the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026

In recognition of a strong nexus between early marriages and the violation of children’s rights, the Punjab Government has taken a remarkable step...

26.05.2026 20

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Hifsa nadeem

Why the Putin-Xi Summit Matters for the World

Why the Putin-Xi Summit Matters for the World

Putin-Xi Ties Deepen at the Beijing Summit Recently, the world witnessed the apex of Chinese diplomacy when the Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the...

26.05.2026 20

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Muhammad Hamza Tanveer

Moon Market Iqbal Town Lahore: The Complete 2026 Guide to Food & Shopping

Moon Market Iqbal Town Lahore: The Complete 2026 Guide to Food & Shopping

Moon Market Iqbal Town is not just a market; it is the lifeblood of Allama Iqbal Town & a famous landmark in Lahore’s business district. The...

26.05.2026 30

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Paradigm Shift

Thucydides Trap and the Taiwan Issue

Thucydides Trap and the Taiwan Issue

President Donald J. Trump paid a state visit to China along with his cabinet members and a business delegation. This high-level summit between two...

25.05.2026 30

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Mohammad Zain

Pak-Türkiye Relations: Aligning Middle Power Interests

Pak-Türkiye Relations: Aligning Middle Power Interests

The recently concluded Jinnah-XIII counter-terrorism exercises between Pakistani and Turkish special forces provide another glimpse of the increasing...

24.05.2026 20

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Syed shahzaib shah

How Long Will Pakistan Stay Vulnerable? Caught Between Saudi Arabia and Iran

How Long Will Pakistan Stay Vulnerable? Caught Between Saudi Arabia and Iran

On the 28th of February, the US-Israel’s killing of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, sparked another episode of tensions between...

24.05.2026 60

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The writer zohaib

A Year Approaching Sana Yousaf: Has Anything Changed?

A Year Approaching Sana Yousaf: Has Anything Changed?

She had just turned 17. The video celebrating her birthday was still active on TikTok, where the scene included pink balloons, a cream cake, and a...

23.05.2026 20

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Sana mustafa and alishba qamar malik

Pakistan Physical Map – Land Cover & Vegetation

Pakistan Physical Map – Land Cover & Vegetation

About This Physical Map This Pakistan physical map presents the country’s diverse natural landscape based on 2024 satellite data. Pakistan’s...

23.05.2026 30

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Paradigm Shift

Hybrid Hydropolitics and the Concept of “Water Start”

Hybrid Hydropolitics and the Concept of “Water Start”

Coercion does not necessarily arrive with soldiers and weapons in the grammar of interstate conflicts. More frequently, and with growing complexity,...

22.05.2026 60

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Abdul Basit

Russia in the Sahel and the Question of Strategic Irreplaceability

Russia in the Sahel and the Question of Strategic Irreplaceability

There is a pattern in the Sahel that does not fit clearly into either a success or failure story for Russia. Security has gotten worse since Moscow...

22.05.2026 20

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Kainat farooq

Will the Abraham Accords Thrive in the Face of Regional Polarisation?

The Abraham Accords were once hailed as a groundbreaking diplomatic breakthrough and a potential game-changer in Middle East politics. The agreements...

21.05.2026 50

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Waqas abdullah

The Making of a Gambian Oligarch: Muhammed Jah, State Power, and the Politics of Privilege

The cleverest businessmen in weak economies rarely bet on markets alone. They bet on permanence. Markets are volatile creatures. Consumers change...

21.05.2026 20

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Kebeli demba nyima

The Far Arc Policy & Myanmar’s Role in Belarus’s Economic Diversification

A Pivotal Shift Towards the East The West’s engagement in support of the anti-government mass civil protests in Belarus during 2020-2021, which...

20.05.2026 30

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Eljanos kasaj

Why No Nation Wants to Replace American Hegemony

19.05.2026 40

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Hiba tahir

Strait of Hormuz: The Hidden Food-Security Crisis

18.05.2026 30

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Dr. mureed kazim

The Limits of Soft Power: Norway’s Mediation in Afghanistan

18.05.2026 20

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Iqra nusrat

Why is India Buying Weapons?

17.05.2026 30

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Filza Asim

The Pleasure of Procrastination

16.05.2026 90

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Abdul Basit

U2 Spy Plane Incident (1960): Cold War Espionage Crisis and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

15.05.2026 30

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Syed Hammad Ali

The Neo-Miniature Art Movement

15.05.2026 40

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Rida omer

Unpaid Internships, Paid Expectations

13.05.2026 40

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Abeeha aslam

The Paradox and Structural Dilemma of India and its Strategic Culture

13.05.2026 30

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Abdul haq

The Unchecked Nuisance of Surveillance Capitalism

12.05.2026 30

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Haris ikram

Paradigm Shift’s Magazine: April 2026 Edition

11.05.2026 40

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Paradigm Shift

Power to the People, Until the Bill Arrives

11.05.2026 20

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Xeyna khan

The Takaichi Doctrine: How Japan’s Domestic Shift is Redrawing the Japan-China Ties

11.05.2026 30

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Muhammad Salman

Pakistan’s Defining Moment: Advancing from Marka-e-Haq 1.0 to 2.0

11.05.2026 30

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Eman alam

Compliant and Bombed: What the War on Iran Tells the World About the NPT

09.05.2026 30

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Hassan elbiali

Rivers of Pakistan: Water Security in Himalayan Geopolitics

08.05.2026 80

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Abdul Basit

Stability for Whom? The Debate Over Pakistan’s IMF Stabilization

07.05.2026 60

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Khawaja abdul wase

Reassessing Global Order Post-May 2025 Pakistan-India War

07.05.2026 30

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Institute Of Policy Studies

Is Agrivoltaics the Solution to Pakistan’s Troubles?

06.05.2026 40

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Fahad abdullah

The Fragmentation of the Global Security Infrastructure

05.05.2026 30

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Maria waris

Saif ul Malook Lake: Where Nature Meets Myth and Magic

Saif ul Malook Lake, located around 9 kilometers north of Naran city in the Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is one of the most magnificent...

04.05.2026 30

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Muhammad Hamza Tanveer

Beyond Words: How Visual Impressions Build Real Trust in Business

People make up their minds about you before you even open your mouth. It takes roughly seven seconds for a stranger to determine if you are...

04.05.2026 30

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Paradigm Shift

A New Era for US and Belarus Relations: From Isolation to Potash Diplomacy

Minsk, Belarus—During an interview with Cuban-American journalist of RT America (Russian Today/Россия Сегодня), Rick Sanchez, the...

04.05.2026 20

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Eljanos kasaj

Special Service Group (SSG) Pakistan: Shadow Military Unit

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the...

04.05.2026 40

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Syed Hammad Ali

The US Public Diplomacy Crisis: Dismantling American Credibility

In 1946, Senator J. William Fulbright had a simple idea: send Americans abroad, bring the world to America, and you will never need to explain...

03.05.2026 50

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Amna rehman

Pakistan’s Collective Intellectual Health through a Socio-Political Lens

There is mostly a difficulty in defining or explaining fundamental concepts, for they form the basis for a plethora of things, whilst lacking their...

02.05.2026 30

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Abdullah Bin Khalid

How the Power Sector of Pakistan Is Deindustrializing the Economy

When we talk about Pakistan’s economic condition, it is typically in terms of fiscal or balance of payments deficits or IMF packages. But this masks...

02.05.2026 50

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Dr. Ghulam Mohey-Ud-Din

China-Pakistan Relations in the 1960s: Analyzing Ayub Khan’s Diplomatic Pivot

“Pak-China friendship is higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the ocean, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel.” PM Shehbaz Sharif...

01.05.2026 70

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Syed Hammad Ali