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Irrational Decision Making

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Malik Muhammad Ashraf

The Polycrisis of GB

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Maqsood Hussain

The Cost of Countenance

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Journey of Peace

On his first trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV last week went to Türkiye, a Muslim country with a small Christian minority in a challenged situation, and...

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Atle Hetland

Trumpism’s Next Phase

American politics has a habit of introducing future contenders long before voters have much say in their ascent. The latest example is the...

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M A Hossain

Labour Reforms

One has often referred to the point that the word ‘reforms’ in Pakistan needs to be carefully understood and sparingly used because quite often it...

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Spiralling into Darkness

There is a strange tragedy that keeps repeating itself in Afghanistan. Nations suffer, learn, rise and move forward, yet the Afghan story seems...

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Nazia Mustafa

Population Dynamics

The population time bomb in Pakistan, which has been ticking for a long time, is now close to exploding, but no policymaker, administration or...

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Attiya Munawer

Pseudo Reforms

There comes a point in a nation’s journey when its economic, social, and institutional indicators start flashing red, signalling that something is...

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Repairing CBMs

Confidence-building measures sustain relations between countries in friction-free or cordial times. In times of tension, particularly between...

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Ambassador Tariq Osman Hyder

Steering in Stormy Seas

Steering in Stormy Seas

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” — Abraham Lincoln. Had Lincoln studied Pakistan’s...

01.12.2025 1

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Sirajuddin Aziz & Mahnoor Undre Aziz

Kabul’s Silence

The ceasefire agreement with the Afghan Taliban was aimed at giving space to stability, but the situation on the ground has shattered such hopes....

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Atif Mehmood

Goodbye, Islamabad, the Beautiful?

There is a peculiar kind of heartbreak that comes with nostalgia, a feeling as bittersweet as it is relentless. Recently, while inching along...

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Salman Masood