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Brokering Peace Will Not Revive Economic Growth

Pakistan, July 10 -- Pakistan's role in helping calm one of the Middle East's most dangerous confrontations has generated a wave of optimism in Islamabad. Donald Trump has praised Pakistan's leadershi... Read More


July 5, 1977: The Day Pakistan's Darkest Chapter Began

Pakistan, July 5 -- Forty-nine years ago, General Zia-ul-Haq's tanks moved on Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. I was twenty. Two months later, I, together with a group of students sat in a room at 70... Read More


Blood And Remembrance: Why Karbala Still Governs Iran

Pakistan, June 25 -- More than thirteen centuries have passed since a small band of men, women, and children found themselves surrounded on a sun-baked plain in what is now Iraq. According to the domi... Read More


The Budget That Fails To Address The Debt Crisis

Pakistan, June 15 -- Pakistan's latest budget offers some targeted relief. Still, it essentially amounts to incremental tweaks rather than a bold strategy to reverse long-term economic decline, contro... Read More


Eighteen Years That Separate A Miracle From A Mirage

Pakistan, June 11 -- The PPP's recent victory in Gilgit-Baltistan has reinforced a familiar Pakistani narrative: electoral success as proof of effective governance. Supporters cite ballot box victorie... Read More