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Why The World Can No Longer Ignore The Drug Economy!

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US disputed power surge

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Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

How Punjab is rewiring governance

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Qudrat Ullah

What is going to happen in Iran?

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Dr Farooq Adil

When ballots face bullets

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M A Hossain

Economic renaissance

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BRI, Global South and New World Disorder: A Way Forward

Many international organizations and leading security experts have expressed grave concerns about the emergence of a new world disorder that poses...

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

CPEC: Pakistan Before the Corridor, Under It, and Without It

Before the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was conceived, Pakistan’s economy was constrained by structural weaknesses that had persisted...

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

The water weapon!

FOR over six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) served as a rare cornerstone of stability in South Asia. Brokered by the World Bank, it...

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Faisal Ahmad

A world without rules: Gathering storm

THERE are moments in history when the world changes quietly, almost imperceptibly and then there are moments when the change is so brutal, so...

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Lt Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat Retd

Might makes right

FROM the very dawn of creation, the universe has moved according to a divine equilibrium. Allah Almighty brought into existence innumerable...

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

Trilateral engagement

THE first visit of 2026 by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to China for Strategic Dialogue on 4th January is...

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Tahir Khan

Happiness at a cost

IN Pakistan, celebrations are moments of spectacle and emotion. Weddings fill streets with music, laughter and colour, turning ordinary...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Education: A path to enlightenment

HUMAN progress has always been inseparable from education. From the earliest stages of civilisation, societies established systems of learning to...

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Waqar Hassan

WEPX 2026: From Women-Centred Vision to Economic Outcomes

When governments speak of women’s empowerment, the conversation often remains confined to symbolism visibility without viability, participation...

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Globalisation in action

THE phenomenon of globalisation began after industrialisation. This technology has helped connect the world in social, economic, and political...

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Muneer Ahmed Mirjat

Critical mass and political change

EVERY time mass protests erupt, a familiar assumption follows: political change is inevitable. Crowded streets, viral images, and relentless media...

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Ghayur Ayub

Escalation dominance vs flexible tailored deterrence

INDIA has harboured hegemonic and Great Power ambitions in South Asia. Whereas Pakistan treats India as a sovereign equal and demands the execution...

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Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Social behaviour

A few days ago, an article about Gen-Z was published. Shortly after, it was removed from the website. However, the printed version had already...

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Mir Mansoor

Iran in turmoil again

Iran is once again simmering and boiling over with angry protests. This is for the first time after 1979 when country wide protests ended the...

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Tariq Aqil

Guardian of the Common Man: The Wafaqi Mohtasib’s Journey Towards Administrative Justice and service delivery in Pakistan

In today’s world, the government is like a giant, complicated machine that can make an ordinary person feel small and powerless. When a government...

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Historical bond between Pakistan and Kashmiris

The people of Jammu and Kashmir have deep-rooted historical, cultural, and political linkages with the regions that emerged as Pakistan in 1947....

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Taimoor missile redefines strategic balance

PAKISTAN’S successful test of the indigenously developed Taimoor air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) in January 2026 marks a defining moment in the...

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Sultan M Hali

Year of mayhem in KP

The year 2025 was certainly the most turbulent and violent period in KP’s recent history. A heavy toll was inflicted by militancy on civilians and...

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Akbar Jan Marwat

Cyclic and generational poverty trap

Pakistan’s poverty challenge is neither new nor invisible,what has changed is its character. Poverty in Pakistan is no longer simply episodic or...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Naya Pakistan – doubling per capita income

  Pakistan is moving from the margins of the map to the center of the theatre – and perception gives way to power. America no longer views Pakistan...

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Farrukh Saleem

Emerging Pak-US relations

  US–Pakistan relations appear to be achieving an unprecedented degree of mutual understanding and cooperation. Following shifts in the...

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Zulkafil Hassan Khan

Power, oil and oppression

DISTRUST has long overshadowed diplomacy in relations between the United States and Venezuela. What began as political disagreement gradually...

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M Omar Iftikhar

A battlefield triumph?

THE dramatic arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US Delta Force Operatives from the heart of Caracas has been projected by Washington...

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Naveed Aman Khan

Contradictions in Taliban’s governance

THE Sixteenth Report of the United Nations Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team offers the most authoritative...

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Asad Ali