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The Domestic Shield: Why Pakistan Must Rethink Its Fight Against Terrorism

Pakistan, July 15 -- The recent wave of coordinated attacks across Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has brought immense grief to Pakistan. From the blowing up of a critical bridge in Harnai and an a... Read More


The White In The Pakistani Flag: A Symbol of Inclusion

Pakistan, July 15 -- The white in our flag reminds us of the minorities that have enriched our culture, social mores and polity, making Pakistan a true melting pot of cultures and civilizations, in ke... Read More


Lahore In The Rain: Savoring Samosas, Chai, And The Monsoon

Pakistan, July 15 -- Monsoon rains are as unpredictable as moody infants. The sky turns overcast within a few minutes, a light gale blows and these changes in the weather are either followed by a heav... Read More


Blaming India Or The Taliban Is Not A Strategy

Pakistan, July 15 -- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif recently rebuked Maulana Fazlur Rehman for suggesting soldiers fight for salaries, calling it an insult to the country's martyrs. No one lays down th... Read More


Geography Is Not Enough: Pakistan And The New Rules Of Trade

Pakistan, July 15 -- A new article in the IMF's Finance & Development magazine argues that geopolitics is rewriting the global trading system, and that the rewrite need not destroy cooperation. The pi... Read More


When Paperwork Costs Lives - The Silent Weapon In Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis

Pakistan, July 15 -- Wars kill people. Hunger kills people. Disease kills people. Increasingly, however, so does paperwork. In modern conflicts, humanitarian access is rarely denied outright. Instead... Read More


How Official Recklessness And Weaponised Stigma Are Fueling Pakistan's HIV Crisis

Pakistan, July 15 -- In a deeply troubling development within Pakistan's public health discourse, Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal told a joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committees on Human ... Read More


Iran's Last Card: Will The Houthis Draw Saudi Arabia And Pakistan In?

Pakistan, July 14 -- Saudi Arabia's strike on Sana'a International Airport, followed by Houthi missile attacks on two Saudi airports, has opened a dangerous new phase in the Iran conflict. The immedia... Read More


The Illusion Of A Quiet Monsoon: Why Flood-Preparedness In Pakistan Cannot Wait For The Storm

Pakistan, July 14 -- We are currently in mid-July 2026, and the annual monsoon season is unfolding across Pakistan. The seasonal outlook indicates a general tendency for normal to below-normal rainfal... Read More


The Panopticon Of Play

Pakistan, July 14 -- "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than Black people were made for whites, or women created for men"-Alice Walker For c... Read More