Afghanistan’s Leftover Arsenal and Pakistan’s Rising Terror Threat
A war can end with the withdrawal of soldiers, but its weapons may continue fighting for years. Afghanistan is a…
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When Sensationalism Betrays the Briefing Room
There is a particular kind of violation that is difficult to prosecute in any courtroom but impossible to dismiss in…
Can Pakistan’s Existing Provincial Map Deliver 21st-Century Governance?
Pakistan has changed beyond recognition since its present provincial structure took shape, but its administrative map has barely moved. That…
PTM’s Geneva Protest Exposes Its Global Political Campaign
Somewhere between a hashtag and a headline, the truth gets lost. Last week, as Pakistan’s Prime Minister addressed the…
Reality of Staged Protest in AJK Exposed by Confession
A staged demonstration outside the AJK Supreme Court reveals how some individuals are exploiting a legitimate civil rights movement to…
India’s Makkah Pact Fiction Strategy or Envy?
There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that masquerades as strategic analysis. India’s social media ecosystem, in the weeks…
Distinguishing Jihad from Terrorism
Few religious concepts have been distorted as persistently as jihad. Militant organisations present it as though Islam grants individuals or…
Pakistan-UAE Ties in a Changing Regional Order
Few relationships in Pakistan’s foreign policy have combined history, human connection and strategic relevance as naturally as its ties with…
Amrullah Saleh’s Collapse Exposes His Credibility Gap
There is something deeply telling about a man who could not see his own government falling lecturing a sovereign…
Medical Student Lost to BLA Terrorist Propaganda
Lal Khan Nawaz, from Panjgur, was enrolled at Bolan Medical College on a Balochistan government scholarship the kind…