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Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

On June 10, 2025, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget for FY2025–26 before a noisy National Assembly. It was passed on...

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Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

On June 10, 2025, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget for FY2025–26 before a noisy National Assembly. It was passed on...

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Pakistan and the Philippines: An Emerging Partnership and the Dynamic Role of Ambassador Emmanuel R. Fernandez

Pakistan and the Philippines: An Emerging Partnership and the Dynamic Role of Ambassador Emmanuel R. Fernandez

By Nawabzada Shah Ali In international relations, some partnerships develop quietly, away from the spotlight, yet gradually evolve into relationships...

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The Indian Military Mind and South Asia’s Security Dilemma

The recent evolution of India’s military doctrine has revived an old but increasingly urgent question for South Asia: how does India’s security...

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What Does the Joint Action Committee Really Want in Azad Kashmir?

What Does the Joint Action Committee Really Want in Azad Kashmir?

 The fundamental question surrounding the movement currently being revived in Azad Kashmir is simple: what exactly is its agenda? If the objective...

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Israel could not have fought Iran without American support

The debate over the recent Israel-Iran war often focuses on military tactics, intelligence successes, and regional power balances. Yet one reality...

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“Merit is a Joke”: Bank of Khyber Bleeds Billions as Defaulted Loan, Harassment Scandal Rock KP Government

“Merit is a Joke”: Bank of Khyber Bleeds Billions as Defaulted Loan, Harassment Scandal Rock KP Government

Amid growing turmoil within the state-owned Bank of Khyber (BoK), sources have painted a grim picture of institutional decay, alleging that “merit...

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Pakistan’s environmental crisis: from neglect to urgent action

Pakistan stands at a critical environmental crossroads. While economic instability, political uncertainty, and security concerns often dominate...

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Revisiting role of the Supreme court in the dispensation of Justice

There is a widely shared conception of justice that is universally recognized: that every individual should receive what is rightfully due. Yet in our...

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Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads

Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads

Baluchistan has become a battlefield, and the lines of confrontation are now unmistakably clear. On one side stands the security and integrity of...

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Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Problems of governance exist across the developing world. Whenever a movement emerges on the basis of such problems, the first question that arises is...

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Putin’s Afghan Gamble

Putin’s Afghan Gamble

Russia is drawing closer to the Taliban at a rather strange moment. Its own security officials are warning that Afghanistan remains full of militant...

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Understanding the BLA Question

Understanding the BLA Question

On 11 August 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued the following statement:  “ Today, the Department of State is designating The...

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Youm-e-Takbeer: Power, Pride and Responsibility

Every year on May 28, Pakistan commemorates Youm-e-Takbeer — the day in 1998 when the country conducted nuclear tests in the Chagai hills of...

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Born on the Wrong Side of the Map

One Flag, Different Fates Authors : Esha Shahzad . Haneen Tariq . Hamna Ahsan Khan On winter mornings in Sheshi Koh, the road disappears first. Ice...

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The politics of hatred and agitation

Asif MahmoodThe same drama is repeated every few months. A mob marches towards Islamabad. The life in twin city stands paralyzed. The question is:...

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Anti-Muslim violence in India

By Sardar Khan NiaziBy the time, the smoke clears and the television panels move on, the pattern has already repeated itself. A rumor spreads. A...

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Pakistan’s moment as a peacemaker in the Middle East

For decades, Pakistan has been viewed through the narrow prism of security crises, economic instability and geopolitical dependency. Yet today, amid...

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Kashmir knows well

In recent weeks, there has been a renewed attempt to promote a politics of agitation and identity based grievance in Kashmir, but it is increasingly...

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Pakistan’s diplomatic engagement enters central phase

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir arrives at a highly sensitive moment for regional stability in Tehran. Pakistan’s foreign policy...

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Pakistan’s Strategic Diplomacy

Field Marshal Asim Munir’s visit to Iran marks an important and positive moment in Pakistan’s diplomacy. It reflects the growing role Pakistan is...

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CBS, Sensationalism and Fake News

CBS report is childish and absurd. It claims that while Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly...

19.05.2026 40

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Pakistan: A Consistent Voice for Palestine

Pakistan’s position on Palestine has survived changing governments, shifting alliances and enormous geopolitical pressure. Unlike many states that...

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Child marriage is not tradition — it is surrender

In Pakistan, child marriage is often defended with familiar words: tradition, culture, protection, honor. But behind these justifications lies a...

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Modest wins, no strategic reset

When former U.S. president Donald Trump left Beijing after his high-profile engagement with Xi Jinping, the headlines were carefully crafted to...

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Indus Waters Treaty Verdict: A Win for Pakistan

The recent reaffirmation by the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the continued validity of the Indus Waters Treaty  represents both a moral...

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Azad Kashmir and the Politics of Disruption

The culture of repeated strikes and disruptive shutdown politics has already caused significant damage to Pakistan’s broader economic and political...

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Rising medicine prices are becoming a public health crisis

To be fair, the issue is not entirely the result of state negligence. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have faced genuine cost pressures for years....

12.05.2026 50

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Normal life is exactly the problem

The lights are back on. Fans are spinning again. Markets have reopened, traffic signals are working, and the immediate panic has faded. Officials are...

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Some words for the Senator

The news of the release of former Senator Mushahid Ahmed Khan brought a sense of relief and satisfaction. However, after reading his Facebook post,...

12.05.2026 40

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Christians under fire in the holy land

For decades, Israel has projected itself to the West as a guardian of democracy and religious freedom in the Middle East. Yet the lived reality of...

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Khair un Nisa and the Shadow War in Balochistan

In Balochistan, security forces conducted a successful intelligence based operation and rescued a young girl, Khair un Nisa, from the custody of a...

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Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan

The situation in Balochistan is no longer a simple security challenge. It involves violence on the ground, influence online, and a range of hidden...

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Have Wars Become a Business?

Why does the United States fight wars? Is there always a clearly defined objective behind them, or has war itself become the objective? Consider this....

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Understanding the decline in terrorist incidents

In the months following the launch of Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq, Pakistan has witnessed a noticeable decline in terrorist incidents across several...

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Grand Hayat : Facts Are Facts

What is the reason that when the law knocked at the doorstep of the elite at the Grand Hyatt Tower Islamabad in Islamabad, sections of the media...

05.05.2026 40

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Hindutva Fascism and Bangladesh

Hindutva has become a tangible geopolitical force that is steadily eroding regional stability. From Pakistan’s western frontiers, where Indian...

29.04.2026 40

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Punjab Draws a Line: Banning under 18 Child Marriages

In a sun drenched courtyard in a bustling city of Punjab, a ten year old girl sits on a wooden stool. Her petitite frame overburdened by a heavy red...

29.04.2026 30

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Pakistan is hope

Why is Pakistan taking such a keen interest in the negotiations between Iran and the United States? What does it stand to gain? The question is being...

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Talks offer hope, but peace needs courage

There are moments in South Asia’s long and complicated history when the language of dialogue returns to the forefront, offering a flicker of hope in...

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Governance vs. Theatrics

The day the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, was addressing rows of empty chairs in Azad Kashmir, the Punjab government was busy...

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Islamabad Talks

So, have the negotiations failed? No. Absolutely not. The negotiations have successfully melted the ice and hope of peace is blooming.  Pakistan has...

21.04.2026 40

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Field Marshal is Fantastic

The repeated praise of Field Marshal Asim Munir by the American President Donald Trump is not without reason. The Field Marshal has demonstrated...

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Second round of Iran–US talks is getting closer

After an inconclusive first round in Islamabad, both sides appear willing to compromise. Recent signals suggest cautious optimism. Washington has...

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Jerusalem Post’s Imran Focus

There is a growing illusion in certain circles that opinion pieces in foreign newspapers can bend the judicial system of a state. That if enough...

21.04.2026 40

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Breakthrough on nuclear question may be possible

By Sardar Khan NiaziPakistan’s emergence as a central diplomatic broker between Washington and Tehran marks a rare moment of strategic opportunity...

21.04.2026 40

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Weaponizing Women in Balochistan

In Balochistan, proxy networks are active and are violating every norm of ethics, dignity, and humanity. Unfortunately, the situation is further...

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Pakistan is actively contributing to a regional equilibrium that serves the interests of all engaged parties

Pakistan’s evolving role in regional diplomacy reflects a deliberate and increasingly nuanced effort to promote equilibrium in a complex...

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Pakistan in Contemporary Geopolitics

Pakistan has done it. It has achieved what many thought lay beyond its reach, what others did not even dare to attempt. Moments like these do not...

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Pakistan’s Tightrope Between Tehran and Riyadh

There was a moment when quiet diplomacy seemed to be making headway despite the rising tensions and increasingly sharp exchanges between Iran and the...

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