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Kamran Yousaf

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Iran-Israel tussle: first phase over?

On Friday morning, news broke around the world about reported strikes by Israel on Iran. US officials announced that Israel had launched missile...

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Pakistan, Afghanistan impasse

On March 18, Pakistan targeted what it called terrorist hideouts inside Afghanistan in cross-border airstrikes. The strikes, however, were not...

25.03.2024 60

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Dim prospects of Pakistan-India rapprochement

World leaders congratulated Shehbaz Sharif over his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in controversial polls. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

11.03.2024 40

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New government and the challenges

Pakistan is in a familiar territory — elections, allegations of ballot fraud and the first task of the new government to negotiate another IMF...

04.03.2024 20

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Pakistan after the polls

K hawja Saad Rafique, a veteran PML-N leader, shared an old clip of a speech on X, formerly Twitter, that he delivered on the floor of the National...

19.02.2024 10

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Pakistan’s Afghan conundrum and China’s move

On 29 January, a UN Monitoring team submitted its 33rd report to the UN Security Council, providing details about the terrorist threats posed by...

05.02.2024 60

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Iran attack: blessing in disguise for Pakistan?

It was almost midnight on January 16 when social media was bombarded with posts about Iranian missile and drone strikes inside Pakistan. The initial...

22.01.2024 50

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Fazlur Rehman’s visit to Afghanistan

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F), undertook a visit to Afghanistan recently. Given the current state of tense relationship...

15.01.2024 50

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2024: major challenges

The year 2023 was tumultuous for Pakistan, to say the least. The country remained in the grip of multiple challenges. It was on the verge of default...

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A tiny state with big influence

When Israel and Hamas struck a deal for humanitarian pause in Gaza, it was not surprising that the country that helped broker a temporary truce was...

18.12.2023 30

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Pakistan’s tough choices

On 26 November, two civilians lost their lives while 10 others, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a suicide attack in...

04.12.2023 50

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Have Afghan Taliban turned rogue?

Make no mistake. Relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban are on the edge. In a hard-hitting press conference last week, caretaker Prime...

13.11.2023 30

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Pakistan’s deportation plan

The crackdown on what Pakistan calls illegal aliens is underway. October 31 was the deadline for all such foreigners living the country illegally to...

06.11.2023 40

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Israel and the western media

Israel controls the Western media. Is it a reality or just a myth? This question has been debated more often given how the western media tends to...

30.10.2023 40

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Pakistan-Afghan Taliban divorce?

In December 2018, then US President Donald Trump wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan. The letter was unexpected given Trump’s anti-Pakistan...

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Pakistan, Afghan Taliban ties on the edge

The main border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was reopened on Friday after remaining shut for nine days. The Torkham border, a lifeline...

18.09.2023 50

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India’s rise

There was a time when Pakistan’s per capita income was better than in regional countries, including India. It had more clout in major international...

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