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Politics of ‘nepo-babies’

PAKISTAN’S politics is still dominated by dynasties and family networks that manage to retain their grip over the country’s top political offices...

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Illusion of power

THREE words said it all. “Judiciary’s wings clipped.” This was the banner headline in an English newspaper after adoption of the controversial...

28.10.2024 300

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Did the ice melt between Pakistan and India?

https://arab.news/pz7nc Much speculation was fueled by the recent visit to Islamabad of India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar to attend a meeting...

26.10.2024 300

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A tired superpower?

BOB Woodward writes the ultimate ‘insider’ accounts about American presidents, politics and foreign policy. He is one of the duo of journalists...

21.10.2024 400

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Kashmir’s no to BJP

THE resounding message from occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s recent legislative elections is rejection of India’s Aug 2019 action that robbed the...

14.10.2024 400

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Averting a catastrophe

THE Middle East is precariously poised on the brink of a full-blown regional war that has been widely feared for months. Israel’s assassination of...

07.10.2024 400

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A dangerous moment

THE contrast could not have been more telling. In his farewell speech to the UN General Assembly last week, President Joe Biden spoke proudly about...

30.09.2024 300

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Words and reality

https://arab.news/jp8ac The world is passing through an unsettled time with mounting geopolitical tensions and economic volatility creating a...

25.09.2024 300

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Fatal distraction

AT a time when the country is facing mounting economic, political and security challenges, the government has been expending most of its energy on...

23.09.2024 300

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Regaining global relevance

PAKISTAN is becoming increasingly marginalised in international affairs. It is no longer able to shape the strategic environment in its neighbourhood...

16.09.2024 400

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Confront and engage

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s recent visit to Beijing indicated an effort by both countries to de-escalate tensions ahead of the...

09.09.2024 400

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Foreign policy adrift

CHARACTERISED by drift, Pakistan’s foreign policy appears to be rudderless. It has neither clarity nor coherence to meet complex regional and...

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Election under occupation

INDIA’S election commission has announced that polls to elect the legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on Sept 18,...

26.08.2024 300

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Pakistan’s piecemeal economic management

https://arab.news/byce2 Amid some uncertainty about a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government hopes the Fund’s...

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Lasting legacy

WITH the Middle East in turmoil and Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza having entered its eleventh month, a book that examines the region’s political...

19.08.2024 300

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Raising the stakes

ISRAEL’S criminal actions have again pushed the Middle East to the edge of the precipice, unleashing fears of a wider conflict. Ten months of...

12.08.2024 400

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A matter of life and debt

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurungzeb acknowledged last week that Pakistan was seeking debt relief from China and other bilateral lenders to plug a...

05.08.2024 300

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Frozen ties

PROSPECTS for diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan remain bleak. Any expectation that a multilateral summit that Islamabad will host in...

29.07.2024 400

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High-risk game

IF the Shehbaz Sharif government goes ahead with the decision to ban Imran Khan’s PTI, it could plunge the country into renewed turmoil, even chaos....

22.07.2024 400

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What holds Pakistan back?

https://arab.news/v2dwc In about a month’s time, Pakistan will be marking the 77th anniversary of its independence. This will be a moment of...

17.07.2024 300

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Voting for change

IN what is regarded as the biggest election year in history, with voters in over 70 countries casting the ballot in 2024, some common features have...

15.07.2024 300

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Governance test

THE Shehbaz Sharif government faces multiple challenges — from the opposition, its political allies and from growing public discontent with a dire...

08.07.2024 400

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Resistance by other means

ON his first visit to Srinagar after he was re-elected prime minister, Narendra Modi declared that elections in occupied Jammu and Kashmir would soon...

01.07.2024 300

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Ailing democracy

AT a time when democracy across the world is under challenge, there have recently been a number of developments, some that may shape its future...

24.06.2024 400

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Leadership, crisis, opportunity

PAKISTAN today is at an inflection point. It faces unparalleled challenges in an environment of political polarisation, economic fragility and...

17.06.2024 400

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Is re-engagement possible?

THE BJP’s electoral victory has handed Narendra Modi a third consecutive term in office. In a closely fought election, the Congress party’s INDIA...

10.06.2024 400

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Limits of coercion

IT is widely believed that Pakistan’s geostrategic location has been a great asset for the country. But it has also been an enormous challenge. In...

03.06.2024 400

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Tightening embrace

WITH election politics dictating current US foreign policy moves, Washington’s actions are driving China and Russia much closer in a strengthened...

27.05.2024 400

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Beyond the economic crisis

PAKISTAN no longer faces an economic emergency as it did last year when it teetered on the edge of sovereign debt default. It has come out of that...

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An isolated Israel continues the war

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India’s illiberal election

The outlook for India-Pakistan relations is troubled if Modi returns to power.

13.05.2024 300

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Dialogue and de-escalation

INCREASED diplomatic engagement between the US and China has helped to bring down the temperature in their fraught relationship. But it has not...

06.05.2024 300

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Can digital technology be a game changer in Pakistan’s development?

https://arab.news/j4k5v With all of Pakistan’s human development indicators having declined in recent years, a timely new report asks a pivotal...

01.05.2024 300

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Tech’s promise & peril

THE best of times and arguably the worst of times. This is how an important new book sees what advanced artificial intelligence and biotechnology can...

29.04.2024 550

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Cycle of retaliation

THE spectre of a wider conflict still looms in the Middle East after Israel’s ostensibly ‘limited’ atta­­ck on Iran. The escalatory cycle of...

22.04.2024 300

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Permanent friends

https://arab.news/5w6kr China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong recently wrote an op-ed in a Pakistani newspaper in which he reiterated his...

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Governance & competent states

THE global debate over governance continues — what constitutes good governance and how it helps to determine the fate and fortunes of nations. It is...

15.04.2024 300

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THE FAULT LINES IN OUR STARS

Recent years have been tumultuous in Pakistan’s politics. Even by the standards of the country’s tortuous history and its record of instability,...

14.04.2024 100

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Defiance and devastation

SIX months on, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows no sign of abating. With over 33,000 Palestinians killed and more than 75,000 injured by...

08.04.2024 200

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Foreign policy challenges for Sharif government 

https://arab.news/yj9jp The most consequential task of the Shehbaz Sharif government is extricating Pakistan’s ailing economy from the critical...

03.04.2024 100

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Coercive diplomacy

PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN relations have been on a downward trajectory. They plunged to a new low earlier this month when Pakistan carried out air strikes...

01.04.2024 300

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Demystifying China

CHINA’S rise as a global power has evoked different reactions across the world. Much of the Global South has welcomed this and seen it as an...

25.03.2024 400

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Pakistan’s crisis in human development 

https://arab.news/4ka7z Pakistan is in the midst of a growing human development crisis with most indicators of literacy, education, health, poverty...

20.03.2024 100

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Terms of re-engagement

WITH a new government in place in Islamabad, what is the outlook for Pakistan-India relations? Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s congratulatory...

18.03.2024 300

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Foreign policy under Trump 2.0

WHAT will US foreign policy look like under Donald Trump 2.0? Governments and people across the world have already started assessing this as the...

11.03.2024 300

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Persisting fault line

https://arab.news/zp5np In its very first sessions, Pakistan’s newly elected National Assembly was the scene of protests and rowdyism by...

06.03.2024 60

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Test of leadership

THE new government has assumed power in an environment marked by political turmoil, polarisation and controversy over the election. In his second...

04.03.2024 200

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Power, purpose, governance

WHEN PML-N and PPP leaders forged a power-sharing deal last week and announced they had the numbers to form a government, conspicuous by its absence...

26.02.2024 300

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Aftermath of Pakistan’s controversial election 

https://arab.news/5wyyq The February 8 elections in Pakistan delivered a divided mandate with no party able to secure a majority. This has made...

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Hard road ahead

EXPECTATIONS that the election would put Pakistan on the road to political stability have clearly not been met. The election produced a fractured...

19.02.2024 200

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