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Qamar Bashir

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Pakistan Takes Lead in US–Iran Peace Push

As the Middle East trembles under the roar of fighter jets, the flash of missiles, and the collapse of cities into dust, a parallel story is...

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Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

USA allies abandon the sinking ship

There is an old maritime warning that when a ship begins to sink, the first to flee are those who once thrived aboard it, and today that metaphor has...

18.03.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Climbing the Iran War Ladder

The war now unfolding between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other did not begin merely as a confrontation over nuclear...

16.03.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

The Intelligence War Behind the Iran Conflict

In every war there is the battlefield that the world can see—and another that remains invisible. The Iran war has revealed both. Missiles streak...

10.03.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Iran War: The Energy Trap for China and Russia

This war may be presented as a fight over nuclear fear, missiles, or regime behavior, but beneath the headlines lies a far larger strategic contest:...

08.03.2026 100

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

The Iran War That Turned Against Trump

The decision to plunge the United States into a direct confrontation with Iran—taken at the urging and strategic direction of Israel—has triggered...

06.03.2026 100

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Strategic Siege: Is Pakistan Being Surrounded

Geopolitics has never been governed by sentiment. Not religion, not shared history, not cultural brotherhood—only interests. The unfolding...

28.02.2026 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Tucker Carlson’s Revolt Against America’s Israel Policy

If there is one American media figure who has done more than any other to rupture the long-standing conservative consensus on Israel, it is Tucker...

24.02.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump Tariffs Ruled Unlawful

On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court delivered a historic rebuke to presidential power, striking down the sweeping tariffs imposed...

22.02.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump Defies Israel on Iran Strategy

Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent rush to Washington was not routine diplomacy. It was a geopolitical stress test. Since President Donald Trump resumed...

15.02.2026 20

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Epstein Files and the Moral Crisis in the US

12.02.2026 8

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

U.S.–Iran Talks: Peace or a Path to War?

10.02.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

America in deadlock: the government shutdown

The United States has once again entered a government shutdown and the impasse created by it revealing both the fragility of its political system and...

10.10.2025 90

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Journey into the heart of American society

The American economy is again showing signs of vitality. With the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, the hope of lower borrowing costs has...

04.10.2025 20

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Atlas: the stranger that stirred the solar system

When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, the story ignited imaginations...

03.10.2025 30

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

What makes the Ukraine-Russia war unique

Ukraine entered this war as the presumed underdog—smaller economy, fewer troops, and seemingly overmatched by a nuclear-armed Russia. Early...

19.09.2025 100

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Invincibility Shattered

15.06.2025 30

The Nation

Qamar Bashir

Pakistan and Turkey: A Brotherhood Forged in Fire

12.06.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

China’s angry rebuttal to Trump’s tariff Tsunami

My reading of China has always been of a country that is sagacious, forgiving and accommodating—an entity flowing naturally through history, shaped...

12.06.2025 20

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

American Scientists on Sale

31.05.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Why do India and Israel stand alone?

23.05.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Why India and Israel Stand Alone?

23.05.2025 50

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Pakistan’s Strategic Masterstroke

09.05.2025 100

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

India’s Blame Game Falls Flat

06.05.2025 50

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Indians Stand Against Modi’s Hatred

29.04.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Catastrophic impact of Trump’s tariffs

Donald Trump’s recently proposed tariff regime has sent shockwaves across the global economic spectrum. While large economies like China, Canada,...

21.04.2025 60

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Islam From Graphic Novels to Media

18.04.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

How the US Buys the World for Free

18.04.2025 100

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Will Trump’s Gold Card fetch $50 trillion

President Donald Trump, in his recent interview with Fox News, claimed that his proposed $5 million Gold Card, offering permanent residency and a...

11.04.2025 20

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Dangerous Fossil Fuel Nationalism

10.04.2025 40

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Unlocking CPEC’s Potential

09.04.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Unlocking CPEC’s Potential

09.04.2025 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Two deserts, one lesson: Transformation through vision

05.04.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump, Iran, and the Threat of War

03.04.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s head-on collision with judiciary

In every successful democracy, the strength of governance stems from a careful balance of powers. The United States, a global symbol of democratic...

27.03.2025 70

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump Dismantles Education Department

23.03.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump and Ramadan

20.03.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

China and India: Ready for Economic Global Dominanc

14.03.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

China India and Global Dominance

13.03.2025 50

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump-Putin duo all set to humiliate Europe

Donald Trump wants the Russia-Ukraine war to end as soon as possible. However, the President of Ukraine, along with the European Union and the UK, is...

07.03.2025 40

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

EU Founded for Peace, Now Engaged in War

05.03.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Shift: Bully to Peacemaker

26.02.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Europe Parting Ways with the US

23.02.2025 10

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Trade Reset

20.02.2025 10

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s war on institutions

President Donald Trump accused the US bureaucracy of massive fraud, waste, and abuse, citing an investigation led by Elon Musk that uncovered billions...

17.02.2025 30

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s War on Institutions

16.02.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Balochistan’s war within

04.02.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s $8 Trillion Deportation Dilemma

29.01.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s fossil fuel push threatens Earth

The US Senate Finance Committee, during the confirmation hearing of the Treasury Secretary, fell short of showering praise and admiration for...

29.01.2025 50

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

US versus China: the battle for rare earth dominance

During Scott Bessent’s confirmation hearing for US Treasury Secretary before the Senate Finance Committee, significant concerns were raised...

25.01.2025 70

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir