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History does not merely remember wars by who fired the first shot. It remembers them by the political ambitions they fulfilled or the strategic...
THE announcement in June 2026 of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran stirred cautious optimism across diplomatic...
A recent comment on social media by a very senior and seasoned politician has stirred a storm. The gentleman, perhaps unaware of the weight of his...
CLIMATE risk is emerging as an important dimension of Pakistan’s maritime economy, but the one that is probably the biggest yet least discussed. The...
KASHMIRI people have endured one of the longest and deadliest occupations in modern history. Tens of thousands of innocent and unarmed people have...
WHEN the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding was announced, a weary world dared to hope for a reprieve. The diplomatic breakthroughs engineered a...
A recent statement by Maulana Fazlur Rehman during a public address has sparked considerable debate across Pakistan. He remarked that soldiers of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday announced the creation of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) and called for...
Pakistan has single-handedly destroyed India’s delusion of so-called hegemony in the region. Since May 2025, Pakistan’s standing in the region and...
Every couple of years, Brussels publishes a report on Pakistan’s GSP status, and every time you can almost predict which paragraph will get...
The year 2026 marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). For years, some Western media outlets have adhered to...
PUNJAB has embarked on one of its most consequential agrarian reforms in decades, transferring long-term cultivation rights over government-owned...
ACCORDING to Al-Jazeera, 73233 innocents have been martyred in Gaza with 173707 injured. Moreover, 3689 Israeli violations have been recorded during...
BALOCHISTAN has witnessed increase in terrorist acts during the current year. Scores of innocent people were killed in Ziarat, Khuzdar and Washuk...
AT a time, when Pakistan’s conventional security stakes are significantly high, with active conflict being fought on the western border and a highly...
History is the witness: when the entire world turned its back on Afghanistan including those like India who claimed to be their friends, Pakistan was...
AT the opening plenary of Summer Davos 2026, Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a landmark keynote speech that redefined the narrative of China’s...
Vision for transforming the MPDD into world-class centre of leadership Professional learning is often measured by certificates earned, but its true...
THE story of climate change in Pakistan is not merely one of rising temperatures or changing weather patterns—it is the story of lives upended,...
EVERY year on 15 July, the world marks World Youth Skills Day to highlight the importance of equipping young people with the skills needed for...
WHAT lies between reality and dream? This question has occurred to me twice. Once, while trying to decipher the enigmatic symbolism of the late...
ALLAH Almighty has established the entire universe upon justice, balance and wisdom. Every part of creation follows a perfect order set by Him....
WHERE is a woman safe in Pakistan? It is a painful and uncomfortable constitutional question confronting the nation today. Is she safest within the...
NEARLY eight decades after the United Nations adopted resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, the question remains: why has the organization...
In the quiet wisdom of ages past, friendship has always been understood as more than a mere exchange of pleasantries or fleeting alliances.It is not...
July 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between China and Russia – a...
WHAT does prolonged conflict actually cost a country? A landmark 2026 study in the American Economic Review, drawing on 150 years of data across 60...
BENEATH Punjab’s lush green fields, a reservoir is running dry—and nobody is counting the drops. For decades, the province’s subterranean...
PAKISTAN is once again confronting an alarming resurgence of terrorism that threatens not only national security but also the country’s economic...
THROUGHOUT human history, wars have brought destruction, suffering and loss on a massive scale. Millions of people have lost their lives, economies...
In a growing multipolar order, India is downplaying international law. Thus, this argument is gaining traction that India’s chronic hawkishness,...
THERE is a particular cruelty in fighting a war that your neighbours are permitted to sustain indefinitely. Pakistan has lived with that reality for...
During the visit to China by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between...
The idea of Israel expanding beyond its internationally recognized borders is not new. It comes from strands of Revisionist Zionism that envisioned...
EVERY age has its own grammar of war. The weapons, strategies and technologies that define one era are often replaced by new instruments of power in...
Fresh wave of escalation of hostilities between Iran and America has compounded the loss of innocent lives in Iran and Lebanon and multiplied the...
DIPLOMACY has the power to shape narratives, but it cannot erase history. Governments may celebrate political achievements on international podiums...
PAKISTAN’S import bill has become a recurring economic crisis rather than just a balance-of-payments statistic. It rose from $44.6 billion in FY2020...
RECENT targeted attacks in Balochistan, including those in Kech, Khuzdar and Gwadar, are described as calculated efforts by the banned BLA and TTP to...
ALFRED Mahan once said “whoever rules the waves, rules the world” which is very much true, but how can a state rule the waves if half of its power...
The escalating regional tensions in the Middle East, the potential blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the imminent disruption of the Bab el-Mandeb...
Pakistan possesses a highly diverse geological landscape, rich in marble, granite, limestone, gemstones, industrial minerals and strategically...
Pakistan’s defence production sector is at an important juncture. Modern warfare is being shaped not only by the strength of armed forces, but also...
A society’s commitment to human dignity is measured not only by how it treats its citizens during their lifetime, but also by how it honours them...
THE establishment of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) is being presented as a major institutional reform intended to...
THE nuclear-armed state needs to constitute and put in place a robust and credible nuclear command and control structure to efficiently employ and...
JULY is synonymous with the monsoon season in Pakistan. The rains bring welcome relief from the scorching summer heat, replenish reservoirs, support...
DURING the 2025 monsoon, surplus Sutlej floodwaters were diverted from Islam Headworks into the abandoned Old Mailsi Canal—not to irrigate fields,...
PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari’s state visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from 6–9 July 2026 is historic, marking the first visit by a President of Pakistan...
FOR a minute, imagine that none of us will be here tomorrow; that today is the last day granted to us on this earth. What would the mind’s natural...
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