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  • COVER STORY
    • Men of the Match!
    • Changing Global Order
    • Between Humiliation and Escalation
    • Fools Fooling Fools
    • Prepare for the Worst
  • REGION
    • Margalla Machismo!
    • High-Stakes Mediation
    • America or Iran?
    • Crisis Within Crisis
    • Austerity Myth
    • Foreign Investment Façade
    • Flowing Assumptions
    • Counting India
    • The Invisible 14%
    • ‘Bangladesh First’
    • Too Minor to Matter
    • From Rap to Reform
    • The Ally That Wasn’t
  • International
    • End of Pax Americana?
  • FEATURE
    • Bursting the AI Bubble
    • Degrees Without Destiny
    • Shrinking Spaces
    • Shaam with Saheli
  • REVIEWS
    • Books
      • Pakistan Cricket Chronicles 1948–2024
      • Memoirs Of Iftikhar Soomro
    • Web Series
      • Bridgerton Season
    • Film
      • Aag Lagay Basti Mein
  • MORE
    • Editor’s Desk
    • Readers’ Thoughts
    • Grapevine
    • Who Said That!
    • News Buzz
      • News Buzz May 2026
    • Opinion
      • Seize the Moment, Pakistan!
    • Tribute
      • Asha Bhosle A Life Well Sung
    • BLOG
      • Submit Your Blog
      • Blog Archive
  • Web Desk
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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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The Ally That Wasn’t

April 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The recent downturn in Pakistan–Afghanistan relations reflects mounting frustration in Islamabad over cross-border attacks and a policy dilemma: whether to revert to a “carrot-and-stick” approach

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Walking a Tightrope

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Maintaining a delicate balance between Arabs and Persians, Pakistan continues to please all and sundry with a carefully calibrated language of neo-realism

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Day of Reckoning

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

A defeated, fragmented Iran would leave Israel as the Middle East’s unchallenged hegemon, controlling lands up to the Euphrates and arriving as a rogue power on Pakistan’s doorstep

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National Government?

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Is there any real basis for the rumors about a national government in Pakistan, or is this just another chapter in the country’s ongoing history of political speculation and elite bargaining?

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Modi’s Man

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The appointment of Nitin Nabin as the new national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raises many questions about the BJP’s carefully choreographed succession, characterised by a cadre-based network and the ideological training of the RSS

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Brothers in Arms

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The deepening India-Israel relations will have significant implications for the region, and this nexus can be highly dangerous for Pakistan

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Mandate With Minefields

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

A sweeping election victory has brought the BNP back to power in Bangladesh. However, the path ahead may be far more complicated than the triumph itself.

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Nepal’s Gamble

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Nepal’s Generation Z has received its mandate—what’s next? Can the RSP deliver and transform this landslide victory into a lasting legacy?

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Settlement Under Siege

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The diplomatic rupture between Mauritius and the Maldives exemplifies a wider trend in global politics: when a dispute appears to be resolved, someone tends to shift the focus

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Prisoners of Conscience

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Behind Bhutan’s global pursuit of “Gross National Happiness” hides a grim truth: dozens of political prisoners are enduring decades of imprisonment

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Durand Fault Line

April 4, 2026April 7, 2026 admin 0 Comments

If aerial strikes fail to change Taliban policy regarding militant groups operating from Afghanistan, the ongoing Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict could further deepen hostility between the two states

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