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Imtiaz Gul

The Express Tribune

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Pahalgam: Indian blame game and ground realities

The tragic killing of innocent tourists in Baisaran, Pahalgam on April 22 has understandably sparked grief, outrage, and a flurry of accusations. Yet...

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Quarter century of CT but still seeking cooperation

Quarter century of CT but still seeking cooperation

National security does not develop in isolation. It draws legitimacy and strength from justice (the rule of law), inclusion (political and economic)...

20.04.2025 30

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Trump, Pakistan and US deep state

18.01.2025 100

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Barristers & media: instruments of democratic regression?

The judiciary played a facilitating role in establishing the authoritarian rule. Sections of the media contributed to the consolidation of such...

06.12.2024 4

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Pakistan's multiple wars and the India factor

Pakistan is currently embroiled in multiple wars with internal dimensions: a vicious, ethnically-coloured proxy war mounted by predominantly...

29.11.2024 5

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Mass murder, rights violations and divine justice

In an ironic twist of fate, Bangladesh's former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun appeared in court on (November 20) to respond to a long...

22.11.2024 2

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Mediocrity, inaction ruling the roost

Donald Trump's victory for the White House has stirred considerable debate around the globe, primarily on how the world would deal with a non-...

16.11.2024 6

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Trump vs US establishment

For the entire duration of the American presidential election campaign, almost all apologists for deep state interventions whispered aloud that the...

09.11.2024 10

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Off-the-cuff disregard for diplomatic niceties

"The Chinese are very clear; no matter how lucrative an investment is anywhere, if the security issue is there, they do not send Chinese personnel....

02.11.2024 3

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The 26th amendment and misleading mutual felicitations

On Oct 21, Pakistan witnessed another low in its wobbly politics. The circumstances around the 26th constitutional amendment sounded like a...

25.10.2024 4

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Inadequacies, business closures and security management

The 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (15-16 October 2024) passed...

18.10.2024 3

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Karachi attack: watershed in Sino-Pak relations?

The deadly October 6 strike on the Chinese convoy near the Karachi airport should serve as a wake-up call for the Pakistani authorities for...

12.10.2024 4

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PTI's time for reflection and recalibration?

Following months of valiant protests, rallies, detentions, incarcerations, illegal raids on private homes, assault on business of party leaders and...

05.10.2024 5

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Alarming messaging, terrorism and investment

With no care for caution and consequences, Pakistani officials have been involved in a self-defeating exercise for over a decade now. Ironic and...

29.09.2024 20

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Constitution & monuments of incompetence

People of Pakistan are rightly questioning: what have we done to deserve these Monuments of Incompetence?' This extract from Senator Mushahid...

21.09.2024 10

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Attack on parliament and politicians' hypocrisy

If hypocrisy had another definition, the conduct of many of Pakistan's political luminaries currently occupying high seats in the parliament and...

14.09.2024 6

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Countering terror requires multilateral response

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch made a rare statement during her weekly press briefing on September 5....

07.09.2024 4

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Balochistan and proxy wars: why don't they get it?

When powerful elites of a country consider one of the territories as a source of extraction and treat its population with arrogance and when...

31.08.2024 8

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Higher education: a crisis of integrity, relevance & corruption

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal recently rang alarm on the performance of the country's higher...

24.08.2024 5

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Global South, Ukraine conflict and geopolitical tensions

Warmongers and rumour mills, it seems, are working overtime to convince their electorate in Europe and the US of the august nature of their support...

17.08.2024 20

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Do we hear change next door?

It took more than 300 dead bodies in less than three weeks to see the ignominious exit of a despot, making it the bloodiest period in the history...

09.08.2024 3

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Untangling the power sector marred by capacity charges

Is there a way to implement instant cost-cutting in Pakistan’s power sector? Perhaps, but let us first review the industry in general. The debate...

03.08.2024 2

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China reevaluating CPEC undertaking?

A rethink on big-ticket economic engagement under CPEC is underway in Beijing. This impression stems from recent interactions with Chinese regional...

26.07.2024 10

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NATO, exceptionalism and Gaza victims

During their US-hosted meeting, leaders of NATO countries discussed almost every issue of concern around the globe except the relentless Israeli...

20.07.2024 3

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China and Pakistan: contrasting stories in integrity and leadership

Since the 1949 revolution under Chairman Mao Zedong, the Chinese leadership found the key to social peace and economic progress: turning the burden...

13.07.2024 3

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