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An inflection point?

THE fallout of the May 9 riots on the country’s politics has been both immediate and significant. Coming on the back of opposition leader Imran...

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Why UNSC reform is elusive

THE world has seen sweeping geopolitical changes over the past 70 years. The international landscape has been fundamentally transformed by the...

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Dividends of regional reconciliation

https://arab.news/j3gcz The recent launch of two border projects by Pakistan and Iran marks a new phase in closer economic cooperation between the...

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Pakistan’s moment of peril

NEVER before in its turbulent history has Pakistan witnessed what came to pass in recent weeks. Violence and wanton destruction of government...

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Why soft power counts

THE debate continues over the value and role of soft power in the conduct of foreign policy. It has long been acknowledged that international...

15.05.2023 300

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No melting of the ice

https://arab.news/p3xgc Any expectation that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s visit to India to attend a meeting of the Shanghai...

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Squandered opportunity

LAST week’s talks between the coalition government and the opposition took place in an atmosphere unfortunately vitiated by the exchange of...

08.05.2023 300

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The Taliban conundrum

FAR from easing, Pakistan’s Afghan dilemma has become more acute in recent months. Despite several high-level interactions with Kabul aimed at...

01.05.2023 300

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Both the urgent and the important need to be addressed 

https://arab.news/2cm2c Political uncertainty prevails in Pakistan with the government-opposition confrontation showing no signs of abating. The...

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A dangerous impasse

A PROMISING initiative by the Jamaat-i-Islami for a dialogue between the government and opposition seemed to falter early in the process due to...

21.04.2023 200

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Troubled ties

THE outlook for Pakistan-India relations remains troubled. The prolonged diplomatic imp­asse persists, characterised by new irritants that have added...

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The tangled web of Pakistan’s politics

https://arab.news/y675s The web of Pakistan’s politics has become even more complex. The ongoing political crisis has pushed the country into a...

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Democracy in retreat

THE confrontation between the government and the Supreme Court has plunged the country into a more dangerous and unpredictable phase of the escalating...

10.04.2023 300

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Crisis in uncharted territory

IS history repeating itself in the country? Yes, in many respects, today’s political turmoil and crisis have strong echoes of the past....

03.04.2023 300

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Political battles rage amid economic crisis

https://arab.news/zse7q The announcement by the Election Commission of Pakistan to postpone elections to the Punjab assembly came as little...

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Deterrence and diplomacy

THE strategic choices most consequential to Pakistan’s future lie within. They involve dealing with recurrent economic crises, providing effective...

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A game changer?

THE Middle East’s security landscape could be transformed by an unanticipated development that took place earlier this month. Long-standing regional...

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Do Pakistan’s voters want change?

https://arab.news/vnbg3 The latest Gallup Pakistan survey shines a light on how public opinion has been changing about the country’s political...

15.03.2023 100

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A year of lost opportunity

THE Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition will complete a year in government next month. What has this period meant for the country? How has it shaped politics...

13.03.2023 200

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The only way out?

ANOTHER phase in the country’s turbulent politics opened with the Supreme Court ruling that elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

06.03.2023 200

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Kabul visit, and after

https://arab.news/2pssr The visit of a high-level Pakistani delegation to Kabul last week raised official hopes that the Taliban would respond to...

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Institutions as battleground

THE ongoing political confrontation between the government and opposition has assumed a new, more dangerous nature. It is now pitting state...

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Price of elite capture

PAKISTAN’S bane has long been a narrow, oligarchic power elite that has dominated its politics and controlled its economy at the cost of people’s...

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A matter of life and debt

https://arab.news/9695s In every crisis lies an opportunity. Many countries across the world that faced an economic crisis were able to use that as...

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Issue-less politics

LOST in the noise of politics and intensity of power tussles today is any serious focus on the issues that are critical to the country’s future. In...

13.02.2023 300

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Divided in crisis

WHILE the economy teeters on the brink and a new surge of militant violence threatens the country’s security, the political situation descends...

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Unbroken impasse 

https://arab.news/gann8 There have been a number of developments recently on the Pakistan-India front. But none of them indicate any melting of the...

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A perfect global storm

DESCRIBING the ongoing global turmoil as a perfect storm, UN Secretary General António Guterres said in his speech at the World Economic Forum that...

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Dispossessed & disempowered

A COMPELLING new book chronicles the latest, ongoing chapter in occupied Kashmir’s decades-long tragedy. A Dismantled State: the untold story of...

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Uncertainty rules

https://arab.news/4e4ye The dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial assemblies has plunged Pakistan in uncharted terrain. It...

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Failure of economic governance

IN a book I put together two decades ago, the late Meekal Ahmed, one of Pakistan’s most distinguished economists, contributed a chapter titled ‘An...

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Kashmir: facing multiple assaults

JUST about every aspect of life for Muslims in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is under assault by India’s ruling BJP. The year 2022 saw Indian actions...

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Best reads of 2022

https://arab.news/579dv There are many books I enjoyed reading in 2022, and learned much from. Four of them stand out as the most insightful. Let me...

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Year of polycrisis

2022 was a tumultuous year in Pakistan even by the standards of its turbulent political history. It confronted a polycrisis — several crises that...

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Playing by the rules

PAKISTAN’S largest province and political heartland continues to be in the throes of a crisis with the coalition government at the centre and the...

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Pakistan’s political roller coaster

https://arab.news/wde3y Pakistan’s political roller coaster continues. Every week adds to the volatility that has come to characterize Pakistani...

21.12.2022 200

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Untenable Afghan policy

RELATIONS between Pakistan and the Taliban authorities are under growing stress in the wake of rising cross-border attacks and violent actions by the...

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2023: a world of uncertainty

THE world is in strategic flux and in the midst of an intensely unsettled period. Looking ahead at key geopolitical trends and challenges in 2023,...

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Democracy under assault

https://arab.news/63txk Democracies across the world are in trouble and in a state of disrepair. They face a plethora of challenges never...

07.12.2022 300

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Elite politics

UNREMITTING political confrontations have left the country exhausted and emaciated. Political tensions show no sign of abating. Political leaders...

05.12.2022 300

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Hype and reality

NOW that the drama over the appointment of a new army chief is over, the government and opposition, as well as the media, should focus on the real...

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Why rightwing populism endures

https://arab.news/buseh Is rightwing populism receding in the world? Several developments suggest the phenomenon that swept the world in the past...

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