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The Complete Magazine For The Region

  • Cover Story
    • Rethinking Governance
    • The Provincial Veto
    • A Brief Interview with Dr Fouzia Hameed, MPA, Sindh Assembly
    • The Unity Myth
    • Sons of the Soil
    • A Brief Interview with Chaudhry Kabir Ahmad Khan, Secretary and Personal Staff Officer
    • Provinces Under Siege
    • 32 Units, Many Questions
  • Region
    • The Third Referendum
    • Taxation by Coercion
    • Reforming Pakistan Cricket
    • Ladli Behna
    • Dhaka’s Defence Dilemma
    • Limits of Reform
    • From Alternative to Reliability
    • Diplomacy Without Delivery?
  • International
    • War for War’s Sake
  • Feature
    • From Nepal, No Love
    • Beyond the ‘Miracle of Life’
    • Why Do We Stay?
    • Where Karachi Fell in Love
    • A Life of Healing
  • Reviews
    • Books
      • Game Plan: Pakistan Economic Gateway
      • Moin Akhtar – One Man Show
    • Web Series
      • His & Her
    • Film
      • Insidious: Out of the Further
  • More
    • Editor’s
      • Honour the MoU!
    • Readers’ Thoughts
    • Grapevine
    • Who Said That!
    • News Buzz
      • News Buzz October 2026
  • Web Desk
  • Blog
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Decoding Political Mischief

March 2, 2026March 3, 2026 admin 0 Comments

From Nehru’s 1938 legacy to a 2025 courtroom battle, the National Herald case exposes enduring political rivalries and the fierce contest between investigation and intimidation

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Progress on Paper

March 2, 2026March 3, 2026 admin 0 Comments

A much-touted recovery of the Sri Lankan economy masks deeper social costs

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Polls

March 2, 2026March 3, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The March 2026 elections in Nepal will definitely be a litmus test for the Gen-Z movement, with mostly new, but highly controversial, populist, and careerist candidates contesting the elections

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Unity, Rivalry, and Consequences

March 2, 2026March 3, 2026 admin 0 Comments

For a long time to come, Afghanistan, a geopolitical arena in which internal stability is shaped by external strategic competition, would remain on the edge

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A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DESIRED!

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Unfortunately, we are neither accustomed to a dialogue in our national milieu nor to the phenomenon of agreeing to disagree

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Devolution or Fragmentation?

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Dividing the Federation of Pakistan into over a dozen units, mostly on ethnic and linguistic bases, is not politically, historically, economically, or constitutionally sustainable

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Why Democracy?

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Expecting Pakistan to function solely as a conventional sovereign state without external influences is a naive perspective

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Stability Without Strength

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Considering Pakistan’s current trade deficit, the economic gains of 2025 may prove fragile without addressing the structural imbalances in trade and external accounts

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PPP AT A CROSSROADS

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

If the centre insists on rolling back the 18th Amendment, the PPP will face a stark choice: Stand firm and risk the kind of punitive response that PTI experienced, or accept a negotiated compromise that preserves some substance of devolution while conceding ground

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Hindutva International

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The internationalization of Hindutva tells us less about Hinduism itself than about the changing nature of identity in the modern world

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Sagar to Mahasagar

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

What India perceives as its objectives through the SAGAR and MAHASAGAR concepts are indeed ambitious, yet not aligned with the ground reality

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India, the Villain!

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The roots of anti-Indian sentiment in Bangladesh lie in the country’s history, geography, and geopolitics, along with New Delhi’s hegemonic dominance

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Hope vs. History

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Bangladesh faces a defining choice, as the February 2026 election and referendum, packaged under a reformist banner, offer a pathway to renewal

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Diplomatic Dilemma

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

How can the Maldives navigate successfully between India and China?

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Kabul vs. Kandahar

February 1, 2026 admin 0 Comments

In today’s Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban 2.0, the real power of the Taliban lies in Kandahar, not in Kabul

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Scripted and Sealed!

January 2, 2026 admin 0 Comments

The passage of the 27th Amendment has changed Pakistan for all times to come.

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SHAME ON US!

January 2, 2026 admin 2 Comments

The people of Pakistan have been living with a system in which the elite and privileged (read mafia) have remained above the law.

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‘One Per Cent’ Republic

January 2, 2026 admin 1 Comment

Pakistan can frankly be referred to as a classic example of elite capture, where laws are openly flouted, and the Constitution is treated as not more than a concubine

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CORRUPTION – PAKISTAN’S NATIONAL SPORT?

January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Despite the gravity of the findings in the IMF’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report on Pakistan, the Pakistan government’s reaction has been notably muted, treating the IMF’s diagnosis as routine rather than as an urgent call for reform

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Troubled Ties

January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Can Bangladesh and India overcome their political differences, clear the slate, and improve relations?

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Way Forward

January 2, 2026 admin 0 Comments

We built the bomb. Now, let’s build our future.

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Back to the Future

January 2, 2026January 5, 2026 admin 1 Comment

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India is a reminder that the old Cold War alignments may have faded, but the strategic patterns they created continue to define the architecture of South Asian security

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Trojan Horse

January 2, 2026 admin 0 Comments

Every Indian aid truck entering Afghanistan sends a loud and clear message: India can reach Afghanistan without Pakistan’s permission or assistance

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