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Durdana NajamThe Express Tribune |
Narendra Modi's visit to Israel last month was not a routine diplomatic stop. It was a deliberate embrace of Benjamin Netanyahu, staged with...
For decades, Afghanistan has been explained through wars — the Soviet invasion, the civil war, the US intervention, the Taliban's return. Yet...
The northeastern Indian state of Manipur has once again found itself at the center of national debate. What began in May 2023 as ethnic tensions...
The latest UNSC monitoring team report has reignited an old but unresolved debate: is Afghanistan once again becoming a safe space for militant...
Serious military analysis requires verifiable evidence, internal coherence and analytical restraint, especially when examining conflict between two...
India's space programme has entered an uncomfortable phase where failure is no longer an exception but a recurring feature. The crash of PSLV-C62 in...
The blast at Kabul's 'Chinese Noodle' restaurant on 19 January 2026 did more than just claim lives; it exposed the fragile reality of Afghanistan's...
The recent statement by the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, asserting that no terrorism is emanating from Afghanistan and that dialogue alone...
India's recent manipulation of Chenab River flows has once again brought the fragile water relationship between Pakistan and India into sharp focus....
More than four years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, Afghanistan presents an unusual political experiment: a regime that has successfully...
The submission of a 1,597-page charge sheet by India's National Investigation Agency in the Pahalgam incident, after an unexplained delay of eight...
For many Pakistanis, the word "corruption" evokes frustration, long queues and a quiet sense that there is little they can do to navigate a system...
As societies become more connected, states are recognising that the internet is no longer just a platform for communication or commerce; it is also a...
The upcoming review of Pakistan's Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP ) status by the European Union scheduled for late November 2025 presents...
The chaos that followed the 10 November 2025 blast at Delhi's Red Fort was still unfolding when Indian news channels hurried to stitch together a...
The government's decision to once again ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) marks not just an administrative move but a decisive moral stance against...
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) emerged in Pakistan as what initially appeared to be a genuine grassroots movement advocating for the rights and...
The 2025 Bihar elections have emerged as more than a state-level contest; they are a reflection of the evolving political doctrine of Bharatiya Janata...
The recent flare-up along the Pak-Afghan border has once again brought into question the Taliban regime's willingness and capacity to curb...
The border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which erupted while Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was on a week-long visit to...
The temporary lifting of the travel ban on Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi by the UN Security Council Committee marks a significant...
The 80th United Nations General Assembly convenes this month under the theme "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human...
The anniversary of 9/11 reminds us that terrorism is not a relic of the past; it is a shape-shifting threat that continues to haunt nations,...
The sudden enthusiasm for carving Pakistan into no less than 37 provinces is being sold as a solution to political instability and weak governance....
Pakistan-China relations are often discussed with pride and optimism, hailed as a model of strategic partnership, especially under the banner of CPEC....
Political polarisation in Pakistan has intensified manifold since the ouster of former prime minister Imran Khan in 2022 through a no-confidence vote....
August 5 has come to symbolise two distinct narratives in Pakistan. For supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — which now represents an...
India recently launched Operation Mahadev in Lidwas, near Srinagar, targeting militants allegedly involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack. While the...
It is never easy to speak about religion in Pakistan. Yet silence, especially when it protects abuse, is not piety. The recent tragic death of a young...
In the 2025-26 academic year, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India introduced a revamped Class 8 Social Science...
The recent move by National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency to seek a court order against 27 YouTube channels marks yet another chapter in the...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), once regarded as the country's most potent political force, now finds its leadership split into four distinct groups:...
On May 28, 2025, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Türkiye and Pakistan gathered in Lachin to formalise a trilateral partnership that could reshape how...
Few bilateral relationships in South Asia are as deeply rooted and strategically consequential as those between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Shaped by...
In recent years, Pakistan has grappled with an evolving security landscape marked by a resurgence of terrorism and foreign interference. From the...
South Asia, with its intertwined histories and complex relationships, remains one of the most volatile regions in the world. The 1974 Delhi Agreement,...
India's recent hybrid war against Pakistan began not with tanks or missiles, but with a chilling threat - shut off the water. In the wake of the...
As India stumbled to control the global narrative, the world witnessed a spectacle not of strategy, but of survival. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam...
In yet another grim episode of ethnic bloodshed, four Punjabi men were recently gunned down in the Naukshi area of Balochistan. From bus shootings to...
May 9, 2022 will be remembered as one of the most consequential days in Pakistan's recent political history. In the wake of former Prime Minister...
The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of Hindu tourists, all male, was tragic and reprehensible by every standard of human...
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) – of which AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is the most advanced stage – is a disease that many avoid...
Overseas Pakistanis have long occupied a complicated place in the country's political and economic imagination. They are celebrated as the lifeblood...