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The Political Internet: Eroding State Narratives

The Political Internet: Eroding State Narratives

Governments have always understood that political authority rests on more than the ability to enforce laws. It also depends on the ability to shape...

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Taha Ikram

The Geographical Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The Geographical Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is not merely a body of water; it is where geography, energy, and geopolitics converge The Iran – US/Israeli war continues and has...

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Lt Gen Tariq Khan

Why Registrations for the CSS Examination Are Declining in Pakistan

Why Registrations for the CSS Examination Are Declining in Pakistan

For many years, the civil services have been one of the most sought-after careers in Pakistan. The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) conducts...

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Muhammad Hamza Tanveer

How Globalization Is Fueling Global Inequality

How Globalization Is Fueling Global Inequality

The 21st-century world is said to be the age of globalization because of increased interaction, integration, and interdependency among people,...

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Sameer Ali

Patenting the Future: Why Pakistan Needs to Overhaul Intellectual Property Rights for Its Youth

The Struggle for Intellectual Property Rights in Pakistan Pakistan frequently speaks of becoming a knowledge economy, a regional technology hub, and a...

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Dr. Osama Jaffer Goraya

eSIM and Virtual Phone Numbers in Modern Telecom Systems

eSIM and Virtual Phone Numbers in Modern Telecom Systems

eSIM Inside Device Hardware SIM trays are disappearing from many recent smartphones. The function stays, but it moves into the device itself. eSIM...

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Nuclear Power Plants in Pakistan: A Comprehensive Look at the Country’s Atomic Energy Journey

Nuclear Power Plants in Pakistan: A Comprehensive Look at the Country’s Atomic Energy Journey

Pakistan has been working with nuclear energy for nearly 70 years. It is one of the few developing countries that builds and runs its own nuclear...

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What if Water Became the New Oil?

What if Water Became the New Oil?

This year, all eyes are on artificial intelligence stocks and oil markets. Water, by contrast, draws little attention, despite a quiet transformation...

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Azhar Ud Din

BCCI: The Bank That Banked Countries

BCCI: The Bank That Banked Countries

Who could have imagined that during the 1970s and 1980s, a single bank would shake the financial centres of the world, from Wall Street in the United...

10.08.2026 30

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Muhammad Tayyab Arshad

How Gen Z Is Rewriting India-Pakistan Relations

How Gen Z Is Rewriting India-Pakistan Relations

Borders are built to separate territories, not human sentiments. For about eight decades, the fate of South Asian politics has been determined by...

09.08.2026 60

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Eman Fatima

Rethinking Pakistan’s Afghan Refugee Policy

Rethinking Pakistan’s Afghan Refugee Policy

Afghan Refugee management is no longer a humanitarian issue – it is a defining test for Pakistan’s policy oversight. The gradual influx of...

09.08.2026 50

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Hifsa Nadeem

The US-Iran Conflict 2026: Islamabad’s Peace Paper Is Burning

The US-Iran Conflict 2026: Islamabad’s Peace Paper Is Burning

There is a special sadness for peacemakers when their peace is destroyed in real time, and this week Pakistan is experiencing that. Just a month ago,...

08.08.2026 30

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Barira Mumtaz Ahmed

Judiciary System of Pakistan: Complete Professional Guide 2026

Judiciary System of Pakistan: Complete Professional Guide 2026

Knowing how justice works in Pakistan requires understanding the institution that delivers it. The judiciary system of Pakistan is the national system...

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Cash or Capability? The BISP-Education Dilemma in Pakistan’s 2026-27 Budget

“You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.“ P.J. O’Rourke “You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.“ Pakistan’s...

07.08.2026 50

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Mahnoor Gujjar

Paradigm Shift’s Magazine: July 2026 Edition

Paradigm Shift’s Magazine: July 2026 Edition

This month’s edition of Paradigm Shift brings together a wide-ranging collection of analyses exploring the geopolitical, economic, and social...

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Can Nuclear Cooperation Be Exclusively For Peaceful Purposes?

Can Nuclear Cooperation Be Exclusively For Peaceful Purposes?

On July 9, 2026, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the sale of uranium...

07.08.2026 60

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Muhammad Arshad

Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix It

Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix It

The book, Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix It, is written by Cahal Moran, a behavioural economist and...

06.08.2026 40

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Dr Ahsan Abbas

From Bullets to Algorithms: The New Age of Psychological Warfare

From Bullets to Algorithms: The New Age of Psychological Warfare

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.  “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy...

06.08.2026 30

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Shahzil Khan Niazi

Sindh High Court: Complete Guide to Its Role, History, Structure, and Services

Sindh High Court: Complete Guide to Its Role, History, Structure, and Services

The Sindh High Court is one of the most vital judicial bodies in Pakistan. It plays an integral part in the safeguarding of the Constitution, the...

05.08.2026 30

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India’s Expanding Footprint: Ajit Doval’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

India’s Expanding Footprint: Ajit Doval’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has again visited Saudi Arabia. His first meeting of this year was held in April, and now, in July,...

05.08.2026 30

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Syeda Farani Fatima

Why Millennial Parents in Pakistan Are Struggling With Unemployment

Why Millennial Parents in Pakistan Are Struggling With Unemployment

The Millennial Workforce In 2026, all of us who were born between 1981 and 1996 are now millennial parents, raising our kids in the most economically...

04.08.2026 30

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Mariam Jabeen

China’s WAICO: A Strategy to Reshape Global AI Governance

China’s WAICO: A Strategy to Reshape Global AI Governance

China’s World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) On July 16, 2026, representatives from 29 states signed the agreement to join...

04.08.2026 60

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Muhammad Arshad

The Enforcement Gap: Why the Global Chemical Weapons Ban Struggles in Practice

The Enforcement Gap: Why the Global Chemical Weapons Ban Struggles in Practice

Following the arrest of a Syrian ex-military officer on July 15, 2026, in Latakia, Colonel Ahmed Habib Ali’s questions regarding the enforcement...

03.08.2026 30

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Hadiya Siddiqa

The Fragmentation of NATO: How Unilateralism is Forcing European Self-Reliance

Lithuania’s Nuclear Turn On July 2, 2026, the lawmakers of Lithuania agreed to strip Article 137 out of its constitution, the clause that banned...

02.08.2026 50

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Khansa Waris

Acknowledging the Invisible: Judicial Recognition of Homemakers in South Asia

India has progressed significantly in providing homemakers with the financial independence they truly deserve but are often denied. In 2021, 118...

01.08.2026 20

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Zainab Fatima

Online Gambling in Pakistan: A Public Policy Challenge

From On-site to Online The term “gambling” refers to risking money on an event or platform of uncertainty, with the possibility of gaining an...

01.08.2026 30

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Nazar Muhammad

The US-Israel Military Integration Bill (NDAA)

A New Chapter in the US-Israel Alliance “In preparing for war, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” -Dwight...

01.08.2026 40

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Syed Hammad Ali

CSS Examination Pakistan: The Complete Guide Each Aspirant Needs in 2026

Pakistan produces hundreds of thousands of graduates each year. A small number of them decide to pursue something significantly harder than a regular...

31.07.2026 80

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Pakistan Stock Market: A Complete Professional Guide

Pakistan’s stock market is one of South Asia’s most dynamic and historically significant financial markets. It has produced extraordinary returns...

31.07.2026 40

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Hydrological Lawfare & Kinetic Risk: Evaluating the Indus Water Treaty Under the Stress of Eco-Terrorism Narratives

There is a specific mechanism connecting the legal fight over the Indus Water Treaty to the growing possibility of an actual military conflict, and...

30.07.2026 30

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Bilal Malik

Green Port Strategies and the Conservation of Marine Ecosystems

Today, ports are rising as significant access points in the sustainability agenda of the environment. As world trade is on the rise and set to provide...

30.07.2026 30

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Dr. Mushaiyada Mairaj

Financial Literacy: Why 74% of Pakistanis Can’t Manage Money

Financial Illiteracy in Pakistan What are assets and liabilities? Most Pakistani students cannot answer this question, and that silence represents a...

29.07.2026 40

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Hadia Zaman

The Shuhada of Pakistan: Where Duty Ends, And Sacrifice Begins

“There is an old observation: ‘God and the Soldier all men adore in time of trouble and no more; when the danger is past, God is forgotten, and...

29.07.2026 40

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Lt Gen Tariq Khan

Rethinking the Fight Against Terrorism

When the economy of a nation collapses, terrorist groups become the most active bidders for human life. During its peak, ISIS deliberately targeted...

29.07.2026 40

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Eman Waseem

Join the Pakistan Army: Complete Guide to Eligibility, Jobs, & Selection Process

Serving in the Pakistan Army is a dream for many young people across the country. It is not only a profession but also a chance to serve the nation...

28.07.2026 30

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Mediation as a Catalyst for Economic Stability and Foreign Investment in Pakistan

Economics, the economic gap, and economic strategy are the backbone of every state’s policy. Aristotle’s concept of Eudaimonia states that the...

28.07.2026 30

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Noor Ul Ain Bukhari

The Geography of Lithium

27.07.2026 50

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Kissa Zehra

Pax Silica: The Alliance America Is Building for the Age of Compute

27.07.2026 50

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Talha Arshad

Vani and Swara: A Tragedy Disguised in Tradition

26.07.2026 50

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Laiba Khalid

Minilateral Climate Coalitions and the Challenge to Multilateral Authority

25.07.2026 30

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Irsa Pervaiz

Civilian Governments in Pakistan (2008–2018): Constitutional Reforms and Democratic Consolidation

25.07.2026 250

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Syed Hammad Ali

Bleeding Ledger of Balochistan: A Crisis of Governance

24.07.2026 40

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Azhar Ud Din

The True Cost of Pakistan’s CPEC Dream

24.07.2026 80

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Maham Yaseen

Bureaucratic Inertia: Why We Urgently Need Civil Service Reforms in Pakistan

23.07.2026 50

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Rehman Yar

Rethinking Counterterrorism in Balochistan

23.07.2026 70

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Azhar Ud Din

From Western Stereotypes to Backpackers: How Pakistan Changed Its Reputation

22.07.2026 60

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Nazish Mehmood

Era of Pervez Musharraf (1999–2008): Military Rule, the War on Terror, and Political Transformation

22.07.2026 100

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Syed Hammad Ali

From Toys to Career: How Pakistan Loses Its Women in STEM

21.07.2026 70

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Fiza Bibi Ameen

The 2026 Ankara Summit and Trump’s Burden-Sharing Push

21.07.2026 60

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Mahnoor Gujjar

NATO 3.0: Europe’s Strategic Reckoning in the Age of Russian Revisionism

20.07.2026 40

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Syeda Mishal Zahra