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At a time when global politics feels increasingly polarised and conflict-ridden, Pakistan’s willingness to host peace talks between the United...
In 1956, a narrow waterway humbled a fading empire. Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal triggered a military response from Britain, France,...
In the aftermath of a fragile yet consequential ceasefire—one in which Islamabad is believed to have played a discreet but meaningful role—a...
War is hell. Only the dead have seen the end of it. This war in the Middle East has killed thousands, including senior political and military leaders...
The recently held talks between the high-powered U.S. and Iranian delegations in Islamabad reflected that the two sides lacked flexibility and...
Three parties are losing this war—Israel, America, and Iran—but none will admit defeat. Israel is battered by an ongoing conflict. America faces...
The collapse of the Islamabad talks was structured well before JD Vance landed, well before the Iranian delegation cleared customs. What we witnessed...
The fact that no agreement emerged after just one day of direct talks between Iran and the United States—their first high-level face-to-face...
The politics of subordination is about dominating others by whatever means. Speaking at Davos 2026, Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, admitted...
24th September, 2016. Speaking in Kerala, as reported by Dawn newspaper, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared, “We will isolate you. I will work...
Pakistan’s diplomatic achievement to mediate for a two-week ceasefire between the US & Iran is one of the most significant developments since...
Pakistan has pulled off a spectacular diplomatic feat by saving the world from a catastrophic escalation potentially spiralling into a Third World...
On the first night of the war, February 28, missiles streaked across the sky above Palm Jumeirah, intercepted in bursts of light as residents in beach...
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” — Sun Tzu The metamorphosis is striking. For decades, Pakistan’s name has been associated...
In the course of the next several decades, a functioning structure of global cooperation, based on geopolitical realities, could thus emerge and...
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...
In today’s fractured world, even a temporary ceasefire feels like a small miracle. So when tensions between the United States and Iran appeared to...
When Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani stood outside the Balochistan High Court this week and called the Mines and Minerals Act a "law of plunder,"...
Capital cities are judged more harshly than other cities because they are expected to display the state at its most competent. In Pakistan, this has...
In 2015, Henry Kissinger sat across from an Iranian statesman and raised the name of Immanuel Kant. The German philosopher’s theory of perpetual...
Three hours before a deadline set by Donald Trump, who had warned in stark terms that “a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought...
On the seventh of April 2026, the international legal order faced an imminent systemic rupture. The United States military apparatus was mobilised for...
Hans Joachim Morgenthau (1904–1980) was a German-American political scientist. He is regarded as the father of twentieth-century international...
The strategic chessboard in the prevailing Iran-U.S.-Israel war reflects the gamble of the United States and Israel when Tehran was attacked on...
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...
The strategic chessboard in the prevailing Iran-U.S.-Israel war reflects the gamble of the United States and Israel when Tehran was attacked on...
There are times in global finance when change happens not with a loud crash but with a quiet shift in language. For decades, oil has been priced,...
A citizen wakes up one morning and discovers that he no longer exists, at least not in the eyes of the system. His bank account is inaccessible. His...
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...
Pakistan’s geostrategic significance has always been boasted by its leadership as a central factor shaping the foreign policy orientation of...
The latest hike in petrol and diesel prices has, unsurprisingly, provoked public frustration. Yet these recurring spikes and the often hurried policy...
Pakistan does not face any serious limitations in the choice of new technologies or their deployment. It must reflect the new market...
It was 7th May, 2025. I remember we were glued to the television, trying to understand why India had attacked us across the international borders for...
As the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel enters its second month, Pakistan’s economy stands at a critical and increasingly...
Chinese aid to Iran and Pakistan is of more immediate regional and geopolitical significance to China, but that also does not provide the point of...
Every rupee depreciation now carries an immediate and measurable cost: millions added overnight to Pakistan’s oil import bill. In recent weeks, that...
In Pakistan, justice often appears less about truth and more about narrative. Recent cases expose a troubling pattern: journalists and dissenters are...
Perhaps one of the most outrageous influences the modern media holds over people is its highly active role in shaping the morality of the populace at...
Pakistan stands at a familiar crossroads. At several points in its history, the country has achieved notable foreign policy successes only to see them...
After the publication of the mega scandal of Israeli company NSO’s spyware, Pegasus, various media houses, through credible sources, estimated the...
For decades, the world has borne the costs of the United States wars. These wars were fought not for collective security but for unilateral dominance....
When, on 28 February, the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and caused colossal destruction by obliterating its leadership and military-civilian...
Pakistan stands at a moment that is easy to misread. Across our wider region, instability once again dominates the conversation—energy uncertainty...
Wars are often presented as solutions. They are rarely that simple. A recent analysis in a mainstream local newspaper examined the logic behind the...
The Middle East is on the brink of an unprecedented escalation. Recent US–Israel operations against Iran—Roaring Lion and Epic Fury—have...
A flurry of diplomatic activities is taking place in Islamabad, Pakistan, a country that has positioned itself as the lead facilitator and mediator of...
How does one make sense of the emerging new world order, whose contours are still being shaped as war rages on in our part of the world? While it is...
I am not a diplomat, not a sociologist, and not a strategic thinker. I write simply as a close observer of Afghan society—someone who has worked on...
A flurry of diplomatic activities is taking place in Islamabad, Pakistan, a country that has positioned itself as the lead facilitator and mediator of...
A consensus is increasingly developing among defence analysts around the world that Iran has won the war. It now controls the Strait of Hormuz, which...
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