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Pakistan's Role in Peace

Pakistan's Role in Peace

After the demise of the erstwhile Soviet Union, the balance of power arrangements agreed at the end of WW2 started unravelling rapidly. Besides the...

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Lt gen naeem lodhi

An Afghan Odyssey

An Afghan Odyssey

Afghanistan has long been called the graveyard of empires, as numerous invaders have set foot on its soil, mostly to conquer it for its strategic...

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Noor Humair

New Trends in European Elections

New Trends in European Elections

The more than one hundred-year-old divide in European politics between the right and left is beginning to fade. Radical left parties once challenged...

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Atle Hetland

Revisiting Minar-i-Pakistan

Revisiting Minar-i-Pakistan

Minar-i-Pakistan stands aloft in Iqbal Park, across the road from the historic Badshahi Masjid and the Lahore Fort, symbolising the spirit and...

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Muhammad Zahid Rifat

Industrial Democrat

Industrial Democrat

I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. I would rather describe myself as an “Industrial Democrat”, meaning...

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Mining the Future

Mining the Future

For decades, the global discourse on Pakistan’s economy has been dominated by textiles, agriculture, and the recurring cycle of external debt....

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Faisal Ahmad

The “Perfect” Family Festival

The “Perfect” Family Festival

With Eid behind us, everyone can picture the perfect family gathering. Men sitting together, comfortably talking about politics, finances, and...

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Iman Shahbaz

A Disciplined Mediation Model

A Disciplined Mediation Model

Disciplined diplomacy today is no longer an abstract virtue—it is a performance-driven institutional framework built on skillful and responsible...

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Zia Hashmi

Pakistan’s Moment in History

Pakistan’s Moment in History

A defining development in the unfolding Gulf crisis has been the quadrilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye,...

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Curriculum Reform in Pakistan

Curriculum Reform in Pakistan

With curriculum reform once again under discussion at the federal level and at recent provincial forums, Pakistan has a rare opportunity to move...

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Zehra Arshad

Reviving Lahore’s Train

Reviving Lahore’s Train

Lahore’s rapid urban expansion has brought mobility challenges that conventional road-based solutions are increasingly unable to resolve. Traffic...

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Dr. izzat iqbal cheema

Language Wounds

Language Wounds

There are wounds that bleed and then there are wounds that linger silently, beneath the surface, deep in the soul. For Pakistanis, such wounds are a...

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Aamir Zulfiqar Khan

Beware the Reckoning

Beware the Reckoning

The costs associated with any war—losses of lives, treasure, and security—are to be expected. They’re evident in the unnecessary and massive...

29.03.2026 30

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Dr James J Zogby

Existential Threat

Existential Threat

Pakistan is a severely water-stressed country, rapidly moving towards a state of absolute water scarcity. It ranks as one of the most water-insecure...

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Ahsan Munir

Maxims vs Realities

Maxims vs Realities

Prominent contemporary military thinker, John Spencer recently wrote an excellent analysis paper, relating the Clausewitzian method of examining a war...

29.03.2026 30

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Lt. Gen Majid Ehsan

National Bourse

National Bourse

Capital markets of Pakistan have undergone tremendous developments over the years. The most significant development this year, on February 9, 2026,...

28.03.2026 20

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Muhammad Shajee Suhail Farooqui

New Security Paradigm

New Security Paradigm

There is deep anger and resentment amongst US allies within the region regarding the unilateral US-Israeli military action on Iran, especially when...

28.03.2026 20

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Yusuf Ali Khan

Western Hegemony’s Unravelling

Western Hegemony’s Unravelling

The Western-led international order, after the end of the Second World War, defined by governance structure, trade relations, human rights, and...

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Zaid Bin Inam

The Old City Is Coming Back

The Old City Is Coming Back

Lahore has always known what it is. The question, for a long time, was whether its institutions knew it too. The Lahore Heritage Areas Revival, known...

27.03.2026 20

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Qudrat Ullah

Global Terrorism Index 2026

Global Terrorism Index 2026

Pakistan is now the worst victim of terrorism, says the Global Terrorism Index 2026, published in March. The Index was compiled in 2025 and has been...

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Dr. Tehmina Aslam Ranjha

After Eid ul Fitr 2026

After Eid ul Fitr 2026

We have just taken part in the Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr celebrations, as Muslims or as people of other faiths living with or near Muslims. This year,...

27.03.2026 30

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Atle Hetland

Instability Breeds Danger

Instability Breeds Danger

In international politics, security threats rarely emerge overnight. They grow quietly in fragile environments where governance weakens, economic...

26.03.2026 30

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Omay Aimen

New Delhi’s Spy Game

New Delhi’s Spy Game

In the 2001 Tony Scott-directed thriller “Spy Game,” an emotionally charged and stressed Tom Bishop (played by Brad Pitt) howls at Nathan Muir...

26.03.2026 20

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Rizwan Zeb

The Geometry of Naval Power

The Geometry of Naval Power

For over seven decades, the United States built its global military doctrine on a proposition so compelling that it acquired the status of strategic...

26.03.2026 20

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Why the Iran War Is Different? (Part 1)

Why the Iran War Is Different? (Part 1)

In 1955, while speaking against colonialism, President Sukarno, the founder of the Non-Aligned Bandung Conference, said in his inaugural address:...

25.03.2026 30

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Air Marshal Aamir Masood

A Frontline State

A Frontline State

Terrorism today is increasingly defined by geography and the authority gaps of borderlands. Pakistan now stands at the epicentre of a localised...

25.03.2026 50

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Faisal Ahmad

A Call for Quick Action

A Call for Quick Action

After more than twenty days of aggression against Iran, the US is still clueless as to what to achieve and when to stop. After the acclaimed...

25.03.2026 20

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Rear Admiral Faisal Shah

Strategic Miscalculations - Part 2

Strategic Miscalculations - Part 2
24.03.2026 40

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Imran Malik

War’s Eternal Return

War’s Eternal Return
24.03.2026 20

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By Najm Us Saqib

The Samson Option

The Samson Option
24.03.2026 30

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M A Hossain

Geography of Disease

Geography of Disease
23.03.2026 30

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Maqsood Hussain

Capital Markets Trends

Capital Markets Trends
23.03.2026 30

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Muhammad Shajee Suhail Farooqui

Strategic Miscalculations – Part 1

Strategic Miscalculations – Part 1
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Imran Malik

The Invincible Disruption

20.03.2026 40

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Attiya Munawer

US Report on Religious Freedom

20.03.2026 20

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Malik Muhammad Ashraf

“Collateral Damage” Means Dead Children

20.03.2026 70

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Collapse of Global Diplomacy

19.03.2026 90

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Arslan Mehndi Nekokara

Can We Accept Societal Change?

19.03.2026 50

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Sadia shaukat and nadia siddiqui

Eid ul Fitr and Prayers for Peace

19.03.2026 40

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Atle Hetland

The Digital Sovereign

18.03.2026 10

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Ahsan a. munir

When Machines Trade Markets

18.03.2026 20

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Muhammad Shajee Suhail Farooqui

Furl the Sail and Strike the Sea

18.03.2026 20

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Rear Admiral Faisal Shah

US Operation in Venezuela

17.03.2026 30

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Air Marshal Irfan Ahmad

Finding the Middle Ground

17.03.2026 30

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Fleeting Triumphs to Bold Transformations

17.03.2026 30

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Dr. Zubair Iqbal

Inclusive Punjab

Punjab has placed social welfare at the centre of its governance priorities, with Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif initiating a wide range of...

16.03.2026 20

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Qudrat Ullah

Energy Crisis

16.03.2026 30

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Maaz Khan

Epstein’s Shadow

16.03.2026 30

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M A Hossain

The Powell Doctrine

In February 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell went to the United Nations to present the George W. Bush administration’s case against Iraqi...

15.03.2026 60

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Dr James J Zogby

Age of Raw Power

It was Tuesday, October 31, 1517. On this date, Martin Luther, a German monk and theologian, nailed his Ninety-five Theses (Disputation on the Power...

15.03.2026 20

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Aamir Zulfiqar Khan