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Pakistan’s rise as an increasingly important diplomatic actor during the Iran–US crisis has created a rare strategic opening that Islamabad must...
There are wars that fit neatly into textbooks. Then there is this one. A conflict where aircraft carriers escort oil tankers while economists track...
Quaid-i-Azam University is once again in crisis. With midterm examinations scheduled this week, the administration has issued a firm notification:...
Friday’s separate telephone conversations between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Foreign...
The Strait of Hormuz was meant to be Iran’s leverage. It has instead begun to work against Iran. What started as a pressure tactic to raise the...
As the saying goes, “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.” Yet even as the final differences in the Iran deal continue to be worked out...
As U.S. and Iranian delegations begin the first round of direct talks mediated by Pakistan in Islamabad, the process opens under visible strain. The...
At 8:00 pm Eastern Time on April 8, the United States was prepared to escalate. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran—reopen the Strait of...
Pakistani leaders prepared a full ceremonial welcome for Mohammed bin Zayed on 26 December last year—JF-17 escort, 21-gun salute at Nur Khan...
One month into the Iran war, as military escalation widens across theatres, Islamabad has emerged as an unlikely but central node of diplomacy. Four...
As the US–Israel war on Iran enters a critical phase, Pakistan is being named in the exchanges taking place between Washington and Tehran. Iranian...
An Axios report on Monday indicated that Pakistan, alongside Türkiye and Egypt, has been relaying messages between Washington and Tehran and may host...
The Iran war has entered a phase where Pakistan’s defence alignment with Saudi Arabia is no longer a distant policy posture but increasingly subject...
Imran Khan is in prison, and we are fighting the Afghan Taliban. These are facts. A third reality may also be taking shape in the wake of Pakistan’s...
Overnight, the Pakistan–Afghanistan standoff edged closer to open conflict. Following Sunday’s strikes on TTP targets, Taliban forces launched...
The first meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington marked a shift from ceasefire diplomacy to the far more difficult...
Last week, US Deputy Assistant Secretary John Mark Pommersheim was in Islamabad discussing expanded cooperation in energy and critical minerals and...