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Terrorists striking at will
By admin January 11, 2025 |Two big events, triggered by two different militant groups within a space of 24 hours, convey an extremely disturbing and…
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Time for hard talk
By admin January 4, 2025 |Pakistan’s aerial strikes at TTP camps reflected frustration as well as angry reaction by the state The trajectory of terrorist…
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2024: year of hypocrisy abroad and in Pakistan
By admin December 28, 2024 |These nations acted as silent spectators as Israel went about expelling Palestinians from their homeland. This piece is a personal…
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Generational shift in Chinese view on Pakistan?
By admin December 21, 2024 |Chinese leadership is now critically weighing “every single word” uttered by their Pakistani counterparts. Is CPEC dead? No, but the…
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Barristers & media: instruments of democratic regression?
By admin December 7, 2024 |Political repression in Bangladesh and Pakistan mirrors a loss of trust in democratic processes. The judiciary played a facilitating role…
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Inclusivity is key to salvaging the US–Taliban Doha deal
By admin March 5, 2021 |The deal struck by the United States with the Afghan Taliban in Doha on 29 February 2020 was de facto…
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Pentagon wars meant to please military industrial complex
By admin September 11, 2020 |As Taliban and Kabul government negotiators undergo the compulsory week long Covid-19 induced quarantine, a couple of developments ahead of…
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A window of opportunity for the Intra-Afghan dialogue
By admin June 26, 2020 |Since President Trump would ideally want to be able to send the US troops back home before the November Presidential…
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Ugly Racism rears its head – yet again
By admin June 6, 2020 |“I can’t breathe.” These final words by George Floyd, before he breathed his last, revived bitter memories of a similar…
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How Bureaucrats Embarrass Political Bosses?
By admin May 21, 2020 |The constitution of Pakistan is a sacrosanct document which draws its strength from the consensus it enjoys by all and…
