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South Asia’s Nuclear Flashpoint: India’s Missile Expansion And Regional Tensions

The global strategic landscape is undergoing its most profound transformation since the conclusion of the Cold War, evolving into what analysts...

yesterday 20

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Nouroz Khan Bijarani

Fiscal Stability Improves But Rising Public Debt Still Threatens Pakistan’s Economy

Fiscal Stability Improves But Rising Public Debt Still Threatens Pakistan’s Economy

The fiscal deficit and the rising burden of public debt have become serious concerns for economists, policymakers, businesses and ordinary...

yesterday 10

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Tariq Khalique

The Cost Of A Single Decision: How The LNG Deal Undermined Pakistan’s Future

There are moments in a nation’s economic life when a single decision, made in the name of progress, casts a shadow so wide that entire generations...

yesterday 10

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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Karachi’s Urban Tragedy: How Fragmented Governance Turns Negligence Into Disaster

In Karachi, a city with a population of over 30 million, if a child falls into a sewer and loses his life, it is not just an accident but a slap in...

previous day 20

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Muhammad Toheed

Anger Without Power: How Digital Outrage Circulates But Fails To Force Change

Anger Without Power: How Digital Outrage Circulates But Fails To Force Change

At Hyde Park Speaker’s Corner, the modern state rehearsed one of its most enduring techniques of rule: permitting resentment and anger to be...

previous day 10

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Dr. Jan Muhammad Shaikh

When Power Stops Pretending: Pakistan’s 27th Amendment And The New Political Order

Same flag. Different country. Same republic. Different reality. Same ministries. Different masters. Same uniforms. Different authority. Same...

previous day 20

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Farrukh Saleem

Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: Civil War, Famine, And Foreign Interference

Sudan is currently facing what the UN describes as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. According to the BBC and the UN, 150,000 people have...

previous day 10

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Mohammad Jamal Ahmed

Reframing Pakistan’s State Narrative To Counter Extremism And Build Tolerance

Reframing Pakistan’s State Narrative To Counter Extremism And Build Tolerance

The Pakistani state is presently confronted with myriad challenges. Some of these are consequences of misconceived policies, while others are fated...

tuesday 2

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Dr S Khurshid Hasanain

China’s 2025 Arms-Control White Paper: Defensive Posture, NFU, And Tech Governance

China’s 2025 white paper, “China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era”, reasserts long-standing themes while...

tuesday 10

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Ehtasham Ali

Karachi’s Open Manholes Claim Lives As Civic Governance Fails Residents

Karachi once again woke up to tragedy this week when a three-year-old boy, Ibrahim, slipped into an open manhole near Nipa in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and...

tuesday 10

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Syed Oun Abbas

Building A Unified Social Protection System To Reduce Poverty In Pakistan

Article 38 of Pakistan’s Constitution outlines the state’s commitment to provide social security, food, housing, healthcare, and education to all...

01.12.2025 2

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Zulfiquar Rao

Crows Of The Infernal Bench

In the year 2225, when the dust of countless constitutional crises and political intrigues had finally settled over the Republic of Westeros, three...

01.12.2025 10

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Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi

Punjab’s Motor Vehicle Ordinance 2025: Stricter Fines Amid Public Welfare Concerns

The Punjab government’s recent Motor Vehicle Ordinance 2025 introduces stringent traffic fines, but for many residents, this focus seems...

01.12.2025 20

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Dr. Muhammad Mehboob Hassan Khan

What Pakistan Should Do To Spur GDP Growth

What Pakistan Should Do To Spur GDP Growth

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), an association of the country’s top and most influential corporations, recently held a meeting with the...

01.12.2025 2

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Omar Quraishi

Diagnosing Pakistan’s Economic And Governance Crisis Amid Elite Capture And Corruption

Diagnosing Pakistan’s Economic And Governance Crisis Amid Elite Capture And Corruption

Around a week has passed since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its corruption and diagnostic report on Pakistan. Arguing that ‘elite...

30.11.2025 2

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

Can Humans Be Programmed Like Artificial Intelligence? – Part 2

Can Humans Be Programmed Like Artificial Intelligence? – Part 2

We have taught our machines to write. Now they are learning to think. Humanity stands again at a threshold as profound as the invention of the...

30.11.2025 3

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Mohammad Nafees

Protecting Provincial Autonomy: Why The 18th Amendment Must Not Be Undone

Protecting Provincial Autonomy: Why The 18th Amendment Must Not Be Undone

We have a penchant to toy with settled matters, tease sleeping monsters, and resurrect old controversies. The question of provincial autonomy has...

30.11.2025 10

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Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Three Black Crows: A Infernal Parable Of Judges Who Betrayed Justice And Democracy

In the year 2225, when the dust of countless constitutional crises and political intrigues had finally settled over the Republic of Westeros, three...

30.11.2025 10

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Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi