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The Indus Waters Treaty At A Crossroads: Can India And Pakistan Keep Water Above Politics? – OpEd

The Indus Waters Treaty At A Crossroads: Can India And Pakistan Keep Water Above Politics? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: For more than sixty years, the Indus Waters Treaty has been one of the few constants in the

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Why The Abraham Accords Didn’t Create A New Middle East – OpEd

Key Takeaways The Abraham Accords did not fail. But they also did not deliver what many expected them to produce:

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Pakistan Isn’t The World’s Peacemaker, But It’s Exactly The Mediator This Moment Demands – OpEd

In the fog of escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, a surprising diplomatic actor has stepped forward: Pakistan.

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Pakistan’s Mediation Efforts Put It At The Heart Of Middle East Diplomacy – OpEd

In today’s fractured world, even a temporary ceasefire feels like a small miracle. So when tensions between the United States

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The Islamabad Talks Were Doomed, But Washington Made Sure They Ended With A Bang – OpEd

By the time American and Iranian negotiators showed up in Islamabad, nobody should have been under any illusions. This was

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Ceasefire Before Victory: Why The US–Iran Standoff Needs A Pause, Not A Plan – OpEd

There is a familiar illusion that grips policymakers in moments of escalation: that with just a little more pressure, a

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Can Pakistan Align Power, Participation And Institutional Trust? – OpEd

Pakistan keeps circling back to the same question, even if it rarely says it out loud: what actually keeps the

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Pakistan’s Balancing Act In A Fracturing World – OpEd

Great-power rivalry is intensifying from the Middle East to East Asia. For Pakistan, survival is no longer enough—economic strength must

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Pakistan’s Economic Paradox: Stabilization Achieved, But Recovery Remains Out Of Reach – OpEd

In Washington, the International Monetary Fund praises fiscal discipline, applauds a primary surplus, and highlights the country’s first current...

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Learning From China: How Pakistan Can Reclaim Purpose, Unity, And Self-Reliance – OpEd

A century ago, China was a nation humiliated and fragmented. Its people had endured decades of foreign domination, civil strife,

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Pakistan’s Democracy As Performance Art – OpEd

In Pakistan, power never really changes hands — it only changes costume. Between the generals’ discipline and the people’s defiance

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Imran Khan’s Fight For A Lost Republic – OpEd

Pakistan’s political crisis is more than domestic drama; it reverberates across South Asia and beyond. When militaries, courts, and elites

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Pakistan’s Long War With Its Own Proxies – OpEd

Terrorism in Pakistan is not a distant headline—it runs through daily life. Families in Peshawar still mourn children lost in

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From Shenzhen To Gwadar: Lessons In Transformation Pakistan Can No Longer Ignore – OpEd

In the early 1980s, if one had stood on the shores of Shenzhen and looked inland, the view would have

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A Republic In Shadow: Pakistan’s Reckoning Between Khaki And The People – OpEd

In the austere corridors of Rawalpindi’s General Headquarters—where power is measured not in votes but in veiled commands—Pakistan’s future is

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India And Pakistan Don’t Want Peace When Conflict Polls So Well – OpEd

Every few years, the same script plays out between India and Pakistan. An attack jolts the region. Soldiers are killed. News anchors

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Pakistan’s Democracy: A Familiar Drama With The Same Power Players – OpEd

Elections are held. Parliaments are sworn in. Civilian governments take their seats. On paper, democracy in Pakistan looks alive and

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Kashmir Can’t Wait Forever – OpEd

For more than seven decades, Kashmir has been caught in a geopolitical storm — partitioned, occupied, and silenced. What began

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The Pahalgam Attack And The Return Of The India-Pakistan Hyphenation – OpEd

In the long and fraught relationship between India and Pakistan, history is not just a backdrop—it’s an active participant. The

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