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A single story, when told with enough emotion and international amplification, can eclipse an entire landscape of competing truths. That is precisely...
In the volatile theatre of global geopolitics, national fortunes can pivot with dizzying speed. Yet, even by the standards of international relations,...
Pakistan and much of the world are viewing the ongoing US–Israel confrontation with Iran through a conventional lens, as another regional conflict....
April 4, 2026, is the 47th death anniversary of the Pride of Asia, Shaheed Zulfiqar Bhutto. He was a barrister, politician, orator, visionary,...
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other powerful explosives. In 1888, a French newspaper...
Rising oil prices present a mixed impact on Pakistan’s economy and the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), acting as a short-term risk but a selective...
The US–Israel war on Iran is now poised to cause massive geopolitical reorientation in the ME-GMER complex. The Gulf Arabs are bound to draw...
Decolonisation refers to the historical, political, and legal process of ending formal colonial rule, resulting in independent nations, e.g. the...
The US–Israel–Iran war, supposedly planned to end after achieving its objective of regime change over a weekend, is now into its fifth week. The...
The US–Israel war on Iran has brought geopolitics in the Middle East (ME), the Greater Middle East Region (GMER), and perhaps the world to a...
It does not matter whether the United States initiated the ongoing war in the Middle East to achieve Washington’s ‘targets’ at the behest of...
“The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage, persistence, and patience to turn that...
Do you remember when we were young, and our mothers would tell us stories, not just to get us to sleep but also to keep us indoors, especially during...
Is it just me, or when we sit down after hours of labour to watch a movie, a drama, scroll through reels and videos, or listen to music, it just feels...
The global automotive industry is undergoing a structural transition toward new energy vehicles (NEVs). What was once a niche technology is now...
After the demise of the erstwhile Soviet Union, the balance of power arrangements agreed at the end of WW2 started unravelling rapidly. Besides the...
Afghanistan has long been called the graveyard of empires, as numerous invaders have set foot on its soil, mostly to conquer it for its strategic...
The more than one hundred-year-old divide in European politics between the right and left is beginning to fade. Radical left parties once challenged...
Minar-i-Pakistan stands aloft in Iqbal Park, across the road from the historic Badshahi Masjid and the Lahore Fort, symbolising the spirit and...
I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. I would rather describe myself as an “Industrial Democrat”, meaning...
For decades, the global discourse on Pakistan’s economy has been dominated by textiles, agriculture, and the recurring cycle of external debt....
With Eid behind us, everyone can picture the perfect family gathering. Men sitting together, comfortably talking about politics, finances, and...
Disciplined diplomacy today is no longer an abstract virtue—it is a performance-driven institutional framework built on skillful and responsible...
A defining development in the unfolding Gulf crisis has been the quadrilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye,...
With curriculum reform once again under discussion at the federal level and at recent provincial forums, Pakistan has a rare opportunity to move...
Lahore’s rapid urban expansion has brought mobility challenges that conventional road-based solutions are increasingly unable to resolve. Traffic...
There are wounds that bleed and then there are wounds that linger silently, beneath the surface, deep in the soul. For Pakistanis, such wounds are a...
The costs associated with any war—losses of lives, treasure, and security—are to be expected. They’re evident in the unnecessary and massive...
Pakistan is a severely water-stressed country, rapidly moving towards a state of absolute water scarcity. It ranks as one of the most water-insecure...
Prominent contemporary military thinker, John Spencer recently wrote an excellent analysis paper, relating the Clausewitzian method of examining a war...
Capital markets of Pakistan have undergone tremendous developments over the years. The most significant development this year, on February 9, 2026,...
There is deep anger and resentment amongst US allies within the region regarding the unilateral US-Israeli military action on Iran, especially when...
The Western-led international order, after the end of the Second World War, defined by governance structure, trade relations, human rights, and...
Lahore has always known what it is. The question, for a long time, was whether its institutions knew it too. The Lahore Heritage Areas Revival, known...
Pakistan is now the worst victim of terrorism, says the Global Terrorism Index 2026, published in March. The Index was compiled in 2025 and has been...
We have just taken part in the Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr celebrations, as Muslims or as people of other faiths living with or near Muslims. This year,...
In international politics, security threats rarely emerge overnight. They grow quietly in fragile environments where governance weakens, economic...
In the 2001 Tony Scott-directed thriller “Spy Game,” an emotionally charged and stressed Tom Bishop (played by Brad Pitt) howls at Nathan Muir...
For over seven decades, the United States built its global military doctrine on a proposition so compelling that it acquired the status of strategic...
In 1955, while speaking against colonialism, President Sukarno, the founder of the Non-Aligned Bandung Conference, said in his inaugural address:...
Terrorism today is increasingly defined by geography and the authority gaps of borderlands. Pakistan now stands at the epicentre of a localised...
After more than twenty days of aggression against Iran, the US is still clueless as to what to achieve and when to stop. After the acclaimed...
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