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Pakistan At The Crossroads: Turning Geography Into Strategic Influence

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Saad Hafiz

Pakistan’s Solar Boom And The High Cost Of Policy Instability

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Sakib Berjees

Pakistan And The First Quarter Of 21st Century

For Pakistan, the first quarter of the century (2000–2025) reflected ups and downs in the realm of domestic and foreign policy. Starting with...

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

Pakistan’s Strategic Gains Post-May 2025 Conflict And The Social Media Challenge

They say the first casualty when war comes is truth. We may not be at war anymore, but truth has certainly become a casualty of war. For a brief...

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Rina Saeed Khan

When Imprecision Replaces Truth: The Quiet Power Of Selective Journalism

In a recent editorial, the country’s most reputed English-language newspaper rightly drew attention to rising hostility against Christians in...

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Mohammad Nafees

PIA Privatisation: Can Arif Habib Revive Pakistan’s Ailing National Airline?

The ruling elite has finally concluded the state’s ownership of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), handing over the reins to a consortium led...

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Asmatullah Niazi

Christmas In South Asia: India’s Intolerance And Pakistan’s Changing Image

The coverage of Christmas being celebrated by Christians living in Pakistan and India this year could not be more stark. Dozens of incidents of men...

tuesday 10

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Omar Quraishi

The Emerging World Order In 2026: Fragmented, Militarised, And Unequal

The contours of the emerging world order are neither stable nor rules-based. Instead, they are increasingly shaped by contested narratives,...

tuesday 3

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Anum A. Khan

Reassessing PPP’s 2008 Win: Why Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination Didn’t Spark A Sympathy Wave

Reassessing PPP’s 2008 Win: Why Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination Didn’t Spark A Sympathy Wave

It is often claimed, particularly by analysts on television, that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won the 2008 general elections due to a massive...

tuesday 3

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Idrees Ashraf

Education Beyond Markets: Why Social Sciences Matter For Pakistan’s Future

Education Beyond Markets: Why Social Sciences Matter For Pakistan’s Future

Neoliberalism has changed the meaning and value of everything. The purpose of modern education has been reduced to merely offering good careers and...

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Abdul Sattar

Awais Sultan’s Death Sheds Light On Pakistan’s University Student Mental Health Crisis

The tragic death of fifth-semester Pharm-D student Awais Sultan at the University of Lahore has brought renewed focus to the severe mental health...

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Arbaz Raza

Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination And Pakistan’s Enduring Culture Of Political Violence

In Pakistan’s politics, the most consequential disagreements rarely end at negotiating tables. They end instead in courtrooms without verdicts, in...

29.12.2025 5

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Natasha Matloob

Authority, Accountability, And The Islamic State

A few days ago, the Chief of the Defence Forces, General Syed Asim Munir, stated in front of Ulama that ‘in an Islamic State, only the State has...

28.12.2025 2

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Altaf Qadir

2025 Global Security: Nuclear Tensions, Rivalries, And Emerging Military Threats

2025 Global Security: Nuclear Tensions, Rivalries, And Emerging Military Threats

The world in the year 2025 remains in flux and as complex as in previous years of the twenty-first century. The Russian–Ukrainian war is...

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Dr. Zafar Khan