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The Complete Magazine For The Region

  • Cover Story
    • Great Gulf Realignment
    • Gulf Within Gulf
    • Arab vs. Arab
  • Region
    • Hobson’s Choice
    • Reforming the Constitution to Death
    • Middle East Moment?
    • Two Laws, One Capital
    • From Karachi to Tashkent… With Love!
    • With Tehran or Tel Aviv?
    • Turning Point
    • Way Forward
    • Salma Siddiqua Mahtab from Bangladesh’s Health Services Division
    • Return to the Nest
    • Knives Across the Khyber
  • International
    • Dragon and the Dealmaker
  • Feature
    • Doctor Drain
    • NIPA Reborn
    • When Governance Kills
    • Care Without Caring?
  • Reviews
    • Books
      • Pakistan’s Energy Sector
      • Unholy Alliances: Sagas of Betrayal
    • TV Serial
      • Tradition vs. Ambition
  • More
    • Editor’s
      • Reform or Ruse?
    • Readers’ Thoughts
    • Grapevine
    • Who Said That!
    • News Buzz
      • NAPA Commemorates Marka-e-Haq
      • News Buzz June 2026
      • Journalists mark World Press Freedom Day with caution
    • Tribute
      • Dr Syed Gauhar Alam
      • Dr Naseem Salahuddin
      • Syed Mazhar Jameel
  • Web Desk
  • Blog
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Hobson’s Choice

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The proposed 28th amendment is supposedly set to knock down everything

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Reforming the Constitution to Death

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The gradual strangulation of the judiciary and the politicization of the judicial system undermine the integrity of judges, reducing their role to that of mere civil servants

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Middle East Moment?

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The stabilizing yet harsh reality is that Pakistan is not emerging as a new pole of power, as it merely functions as a corridor for negotiation within someone else’s system of power

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Two Laws, One Capital

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

With bulldozers for the poor and committees for the rich, Islamabad risks becoming a city where the rule of law remains negotiable for the powerful but absolute for the

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From Karachi to Tashkent…With Love!

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The operationalisation of the Pakistan-Iran-Central Asia transport corridor is a significant milestone for regional connectivity, reflecting a major step forward in recent years

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With Tehran or Tel Aviv?

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

India’s strategic silence regarding the Iran-U.S. conflict does not represent neutrality. Rather, it constitutes a strategic abdication concealed under the guise of diplomacy.

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Turning Point

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India’s 2026 Assembly elections show that voters are increasingly leaning towards balanced governance, regional representation, and political diversity

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Way Forward

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

At the core of the Bangladesh-India conflict lies a simple fact: India needs to learn that true friendship cannot depend on alignment with a single leader or party

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‘Pakistan and Bangladesh can learn a lot from each other.’

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Salma Siddiqua Mahtab, Additional Secretary in Bangladesh’s Health Services Division, talks to SouthAsia Magazine in this exclusive interview with Syed Zeeshan Ahmed and Syed Zain Akhtar

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Return to the Nest

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

After a long hiatus, can former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed make a political comeback and reclaim his relevance in the Maldives?

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Knives Across the Khyber

June 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Afghanistan is likely to continue being a hotspot for major powers, especially given the tendency of some Afghans to engage in mercenary business

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Margalla Machismo!

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Reportedly, the President of the Republic is somewhere in Sindh, and the GPRS of his high office is offline

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High-Stakes Mediation

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Pakistan’s mediation between Iran and the U.S. has reached a crucial stage, uniting a dominant, assertive aggressor with a vulnerable but resilient and resolute aggrieved party

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America or Iran?

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Pakistan should side with Iran, as the destruction of Iran today could potentially result in Pakistan becoming the subsequent target

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Crisis Within Crisis

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Pakistan’s economy has achieved stabilization, but not recovery

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Austerity Myth

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Repeated across decades, the term ‘austerity measures’ now sounds less like policy and more like ritual, invoked in every crisis but rarely delivering relief to the masses

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Foreign Investment Façade

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

A Chinese firm has announced a $120 million investment in Pakistan’s tyre industry. However, beneath the surface of this ostensibly positive development resides a far more concerning question: are we building the tyre industry, or inadvertently dismantling it?

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Flowing Assumptions

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Shahpur Kandi Dam, situated on India’s side of the Ravi, serves as a gentle reminder to Pakistan: the Ravi’s silent gift is coming to an end. Now, the real effort starts at home.

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Counting India

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The forthcoming census in India will provide an updated overview of the country’s population, helping improve policy decisions and public services

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The Invisible 14%

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

In India, the representation of Muslims in political positions within national institutions remains disproportionately low relative to their proportion of the population

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‘Bangladesh First’

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The appointment of Dr. Khalilur Rahman as Bangladesh’s new foreign minister appears to be a deliberate recalibration in the country’s foreign policy approach

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Too Minor to Matter

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

In Sri Lanka, the limited presence of minority women in electoral politics highlights a gap between formal democracy and substantive representation

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From Rap to Reform

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Nepalese Prime Minister Balen Shah is pursuing ambitious policies, although doubts about their feasibility persist

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