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Muhammad Amir Rana

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Sino-US competition

THE US is cautiously rebuilding its relationship with Pakistan, focusing on critical areas and communities considered vulnerable. The recent visit by...

17.09.2023 300

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Presence of militants

THE recent cross-border infiltrations and operational strikes by terrorist networks operating from Afghanistan have raised concerns about the Afghan...

10.09.2023 100

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Taliban and their neighbours

INITIALLY eager to see the Afghan Taliban take control in Afghanistan, Pakistan now grapples with unmet expectations. Two years on, issues like...

03.09.2023 300

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Intention needs action

IT was not just an isolated incident of religious prejudice, a backlash to Islamophobia in the West, or a display of socioeconomic pressures on the...

20.08.2023 200

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Under the garb of legislation

THE PDM coalition government’s unprecedented legislation spree deserves space in the Guinness Book of World Records. A political party, some...

13.08.2023 100

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Why does TTP target police?

FOLLOWING last month’s terror blasts in KP, a police officer’s tears flowed at the funeral of his lost comrades. One can only imagine the strain...

06.08.2023 200

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Hiccups in SCO diplomacy

THE member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation were displeased with India’s decision to host their 22nd summit virtually instead of in...

16.07.2023 300

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Changing security scenarios

THE trilateral dialogue between China, Iran and Pakistan last month was a significant development following the Saudi Arabia-Iran peace deal...

09.07.2023 300

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Meeting challenges

PAKISTAN has been successful in pulling off a staff-level deal with the International Monetary Fund and securing a $3 billion stand-by arrangement....

02.07.2023 100

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Persisting TTP threat

THE prevailing political and economic instability in the country offers perfect conditions for terrorist networks to grow and strengthen themselves....

18.06.2023 100

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Stereotyping Baloch youth

EDUCATED Baloch youth face an image problem in urban Pakistan, mainly in Punjab which controls the country’s sociopolitical narratives. Security...

11.06.2023 200

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PTI versus TLP

THE May 9 riots will keep haunting the country’s political landscape for a long time. The investigation into what transpired and led to riots and...

04.06.2023 200

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No capacity for dialogue

IN the ongoing political crisis, Pakistan’s power elites have squandered the little space that was left for reconciliation. Another cruel phase of...

21.05.2023 100

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The syndrome of duplicity

THIS week was another sad episode in Pakistan’s chequered history, when enraged PTI supporters stormed military and other state installations in...

14.05.2023 200

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Ambiguous approaches

ONE cannot think that Pakistan’s strategists do not recognise the policy objectives they tend to follow in Afghanistan. But they might keep these...

16.04.2023 100

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Terrorism and election

THE ongoing political crisis in the country is turning ugly and chaotic. It is slowly undercutting any trust or hope people still repose in the state...

09.04.2023 100

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End of ideology

THE Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the world’s second-largest Muslim-majority state and the self-declared fortress of Islam. It has the world’s...

02.04.2023 200

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Misplaced optimism?

PAKISTAN can take comfort in the decision taken by Iran and Saudi Arabia, after mediation by China, to restore diplomatic ties. Pakistan has long been...

19.03.2023 200

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Fighting terrorism

COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A...

12.03.2023 200

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A lesson from the Taliban

JUST a week before the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, a high-profile delegation from Pakistan led by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif visited...

05.03.2023 200

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Performing a political wonder

ALTHOUGH delayed once before, the all-parties conference (APC) called by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has now been deferred indefinitely. The...

19.02.2023 100

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Counterterrorism effort

FOLLOWING the withdrawal of US and Nato troops from Afghanistan, strategists in Washing­ton felt they were being ‘betrayed’ by Pakistan. Apart...

12.02.2023 200

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Revisiting CT policy

PAKISTAN achieved significant success in its post-2014 counterterrorism drive against religiously motivated terrorist groups. With terrorist...

05.02.2023 10

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Dream party

PAKISTAN needs a dream political party to steer the country out of its current crisis. A party that has the vision and ability to introduce reforms,...

30.01.2023 100

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Taliban version of Islam

THE Taliban regime in Afghanistan has started enforcing Sharia laws based on their own interpretation of the precepts of Islam. Pakistan is among...

15.01.2023 200

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A new Afghan policy

WITH the Taliban having banned their education, Pakistan can allow Afghan female students to complete their degrees in Pakistan. This would allow the...

08.01.2023 200

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Realignment of security policy

THE state institutions made a mistake by deciding to initiate peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The talks were doomed from the...

01.01.2023 200

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