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Today’s Karbala!

“And what is [the matter] with you that you do not strive in the cause of Allah and for the oppressed among men, women and children, who cry, ‘Our...

yesterday 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Designating BLA

Designating BLA

The decision by the United Kingdom, France, and the United States to place a technical hold on Pakistan and China’s proposal to designate the...

23.06.2026 40

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

The fragile state of freedom!

FOR a country where nearly two-thirds of the population is under the age of 30, the true meaning of freedom cannot be confined to the ballot box. To a...

19.06.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Bound to Friction

Structural paralysis of Western security arrangements in the Indo-Pacific has a clear cause. For years, the United States and its allies have tried to...

13.06.2026 40

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

Impasse in Azad Kashmir politics

THE impasse between Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has taken a new turn. AJK government has...

12.06.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Russia’s Taliban outreach & regional security

RUSSIA’S deepening engagement with the Taliban has entered a new phase. During a recent visit to Moscow, Taliban Defence Minister Mullah Yaqoob...

02.06.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Palestine policy: A non-negotiable imperative

FOREIGN policy, nowadays, is routinely reduced to a transactional ledger of macroeconomic dependencies and shifting geopolitical alliances. Under...

27.05.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Countering Al-Mirsad’s propaganda network!

IN the modern era, wars are no longer fought solely on battlefields. Information itself has become a weapon and digital propaganda has emerged as one...

19.05.2026 70

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Palestine & Us

On 26th December 1938, long before the map of South Asia was redrawn, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah stood before a roaring crowd in Patna and...

18.05.2026 50

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

Soft face of terror!

FOR years, the Baloch insurgency was defined by traditional guerrilla warfare which includes remote skirmishes and hit-and-run tactics carried out by...

14.05.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

One Year After Maarka-e-Haq!

11.05.2026 30

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

Pakistan Means Business

At a time when the global economy is under severe strain, marked by supply chain disruptions, rising fuel prices, and persistent inflation, economic...

04.05.2026 50

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

The Indus rupture!

APRIL 2026 marks the first anniversary of a seismic shift in South Asian hydro-politics. One year ago, citing the disputed Pahalgam false flag...

01.05.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Cracks in the Indian facade!

THE facade of India as a seamless Vishwa guru is being increasingly challenged by a series of internal crises that reveal deep-seated systemic...

24.04.2026 80

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Inside the Islamabad talks!

On 11 April 2026, the gaze of the international community shifted from the volatile waters of the Persian Gulf to the serene backdrop of Islamabad....

15.04.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Gerrymandered Assamese Muslims!

THE rising tide of hatred against Muslims is no longer a fringe phenomenon in the contemporary landscape of Indian democracy; it is being spread...

09.04.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The Epstein-Ambani Files

The corridors of global power have always been paved with high-stakes diplomacy and rigid statecraft, but a trove of unsealed documents has revealed a...

08.04.2026 100

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

Unmasking Indo-Afghan disinformation network!

IN the modern era of hybrid warfare, the battlefield has shifted from physical borders to the digital screens of millions. A sophisticated and highly...

02.04.2026 100

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

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....

01.04.2026 80

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

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 100

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

Patronage of chaos

THE global landscape is currently defined by a precarious fragility. As the US-Israel (Occupied Palestine) war on Iran enters a dangerous new phase,...

25.03.2026 70

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The new axis of aggression?

THE dual spectacles of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile embrace of Tel Aviv and the subsequent joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian...

14.03.2026 70

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Mercy’s Eclipse

When intellectual deviance dons the cloak of religion, it becomes more lethal than gunpowder. History reveals that the greatest conspiracies to dim...

05.03.2026 70

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

End of patience

THE predawn silence of February 22, 2026, was shattered as Pakistani fighter jets launched a series of “intelligence-based” airstrikes into the...

27.02.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The Indus Waters Treaty

10.02.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The Indus Waters Treaty

05.02.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

SDGs & the IWT

05.02.2026 60

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

The ‘othering’ of minorities

30.01.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Fractured ties?

20.01.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The water weapon!

14.01.2026 90

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Oil, & Only Oil

13.01.2026 70

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

A nation of shrinking spaces!

06.01.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Resurgence of the Two Nations Theory

28.12.2025 80

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Lights, Camera, Propaganda

23.12.2025 70

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

How propaganda and misinformation become Fasaad fil-Ardh

13.12.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Pakistan’s Neo-Liberal Trap

09.12.2025 60

The Nation

Faisal Ahmad

The VPN threat

09.12.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Saffronised Indian forces

03.12.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Pakistan’s commitment to GSP+

28.11.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Missing persons, Propaganda & Balochistan

19.11.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

A looming water crisis!

12.11.2025 70

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Grooming gangs & divisive narratives

05.11.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

US weapons empowering terror

28.10.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Doha Accord: A strategic test for Afghanistan!

24.10.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Indo-Afghan hostile partnership!

16.10.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Debunking Khalilzad’s speculative rhetoric!

12.10.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Gentlemen’s game tainted!

04.10.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

RAW’s dirty game in Bangladesh

01.10.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Pak-KSA historic pact!

24.09.2025 70

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

The deadly dividend!

17.09.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad