When a Security Dialogue Fails the Security Test
The cancellation of the Pak Institute for Peace Studies’ Pakistan Security Dialogue has created an uncomfortable irony. An event intended…
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Atlantic Council View of Terrorism in South Asia
Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, the debate over terrorism in South Asia has returned to a familiar…
BLA’s War on Balochistan’s Economy
The daylight robbery of an MCB Bank branch on Sariab Road in Quetta on September 15 should concern everyone who…
Pakistan Fiscal Divide Weak Centre Strong Provinces
Pakistan’s 18th Amendment is celebrated as a landmark democratic achievement, and rightly so. It dismantled decades of centralised…
When Rivers Become Weapons: The Stakes of the Indus Waters Treaty’s Unraveling
On the last day of August 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague delivered what should…
Shabbar Zaidi’s China Argument Does Not Survive the Data
Shabbar Zaidi’s recent claim that Pakistan should effectively step away from trade with China if it wants to repair its…
SMALLER ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
Pakistan’s governance challenges are often discussed in terms of resources, institutional capacity and political stability, but one structural problem receives…
UNAMA HR Update Exposes Deepening Repression in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Under the Boot: The UN’s Damning Verdict on Taliban Terror Five years into Taliban rule, the international community…
Exposing Anarchists’ Anti-State Exploitation of the Ziarat Terror Attacks
The terrorist violence in Ziarat was not merely an attack on a police checkpoint; it was an assault on public…
Mangi Dam Attack Exposes the Khawarij’s War on Peace
The attack on the Mangi Dam police post in Ziarat was not merely an assault on uniformed personnel; it was…