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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

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Let The Machines Govern: Why Pakistan Cannot Afford The West's Fear Of AI

Let The Machines Govern: Why Pakistan Cannot Afford The West's Fear Of AI

When former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon walked away from his job this month warning that "superhuman systems" could bring human...

11.09.2026 20

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

It Was Never The System: Same Bureaucratic DNA, Different Fates For India, Pakistan, And Bangladesh

It Was Never The System: Same Bureaucratic DNA, Different Fates For India, Pakistan, And Bangladesh
09.09.2026 30

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Beyond The Honey And The Mountains: The Real Lesson Of CPEC

Beyond The Honey And The Mountains: The Real Lesson Of CPEC

Every few weeks, Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal, and the Prime Minister step off a plane in Beijing and recite the same well-worn...

06.09.2026 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Self-Inflicted Darkness: How Pakistan’s Energy Crisis Threatens Global Stability

Self-Inflicted Darkness: How Pakistan’s Energy Crisis Threatens Global Stability

There is a particular kind of grief reserved for self-inflicted wounds, and Pakistan's power sector deserves that grief more than almost any...

03.09.2026 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The UNFCCC Arbitrage: How Pakistan’s Grid Collapse Created A Sovereign Debt Crisis

In 2008, I authored a report titled Pakistan Power Sector Outlook: Appraisal of KESC in Post-Privatisation Period. The inquiry hinged on one...

27.08.2026 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Exporting Water, Importing Bread: From Food Security To Economic Espionage

On August 19, 2026, Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee sat in Islamabad and approved something so absurd it could only make sense in a...

24.08.2026 50

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Suez On Rails: Connecting Gwadar To Central Asia By Steel, Not Asphalt

Congratulations are owed first, and they should be said plainly. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7 between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,...

19.08.2026 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Cold War Dividend That Pakistan Never Claimed

We are neither economists nor diplomats; one of us is a soldier, the other a mechanic. What follows is not a technical trade analysis but a raw,...

18.08.2026 50

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Broad Peak’s Warning: The UN, UNDP, And The Future Of Glacial Governance

Imagine standing at 6,600 meters on the lethal slopes of Broad Peak where a single second can rewrite mountaineering history forever. On July 30,...

12.08.2026 40

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Cruelest Blunder: How Afghanistan Slammed The Door On Its Own Future

There are countries that suffer wars, and there are countries that suffer wars and the slow, deliberate murder of their own future. Afghanistan is the...

24.07.2026 40

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Obsolete Tank And The Bleeding Watershed: A Mournful Appeal For Subcontinental Peace

It is with a profound sense of grief and a heavy mourning heart that we must begin this appeal. We live in a tragic reality where the very survival of...

21.07.2026 50

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The First 'World War' Of Thirst: How The Indus Crisis Imperils Global Peace

When the world is only beginning to breathe a sigh of relief after the dangerous military confrontation between the United States and Iran—a crisis...

01.07.2026 50

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Saving Rawal Before It Is Too Late

We write as concerned citizens on a matter that deserves the Prime Minister's direct, personal attention: the slow collapse of the watershed that...

27.06.2026 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Not A Single Drop More: Why The Indus Waters Treaty Cannot Be Unilaterally Held In Abeyance

In 1960, when Eugene Black and the World Bank brokered the Indus Waters Treaty, they did not simply settle a dispute between two new states. They...

22.06.2026 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Zero-Knowledge Architecture: Why Pakistan’s Power Grid Will Soon Match The Landline

I have spent the better part of twenty years doing something that should, in any functioning state, be entirely unremarkable. I have been asking for...

15.06.2026 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Pakistan’s Development Trap: How Planning Became The Problem

There is a particular cruelty in being destroyed slowly by people carrying briefcases. Pakistan was not broken by earthquakes or invasion. It was...

06.06.2026 80

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Karachi Is Not Dying from Heat — It Is Suffering From Policy Failure

Every May, as the temperature climbs in the plains below, the headlines arrive in Pakistan with the grim reliability of a recurring illness: soaring...

05.05.2026 80

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Afghanistan Beyond War: The ‘How Is That?’ Generation

I am not a diplomat, not a sociologist, and not a strategic thinker. I write simply as a close observer of Afghan society—someone who has worked on...

31.03.2026 80

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Indus Waters Treaty Suspension: Water, Power And Nuclear Risk In South Asia

A few weeks ago, I was invited by a group of senior diplomats to offer my assessment of India’s suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. The...

02.03.2026 70

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

NEPRA’s Net Billing Shift Deepens Pakistan’s Energy And Trust Crisis

When the guardian turns deceiver, the fall is never gentle. It is written in ruin. In every society, when those entrusted with protection begin to...

15.02.2026 50

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Water Weaponisation And The Indus Crisis: A Treaty Broken, A Region At Risk

07.01.2026 60

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

When Glaciers Die In Silence: The Unfolding Himalayan Tragedy The World Ignores

15.12.2025 80

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Why Pakistan cannot grow

For decades, Pakistan has struggled with economic instability, chronic debt, infrastructural decay, and stagnant growth. Analysts often point to...

12.12.2025 100

Business Recorder

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Cost Of A Single Decision: How The LNG Deal Undermined Pakistan’s Future

04.12.2025 60

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

OPINION: IMF to Pakistan: reform or remain the begging bowl

There is a number that stalks Pakistan like a curse — so large that it drowns our ambitions, mocks our sovereignty, and keeps our ministers flying...

27.11.2025 90

Business Recorder

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi