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    • Changing Global Order
    • Between Humiliation and Escalation
    • Fools Fooling Fools
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  • 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
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    • End of Pax Americana?
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    • Bursting the AI Bubble
    • Degrees Without Destiny
    • Shrinking Spaces
    • Shaam with Saheli
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      • Pakistan Cricket Chronicles 1948–2024
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On My Way: A Memoir

May 30, 2025May 31, 2025 admin 0 Comments

The author, Mavish Ahmed, a LUMS graduate, is an Instagram influencer and digital creator whose memoir describes her life as a daughter, wife, and mother.

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Pakistan in an Age of Turbulence

April 30, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Indoctrination would have us believe that autobiographies are essentially unreliable. It is widely believed that autobiographical accounts are often tainted with half-truths and self-congratulatory praise.

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Combating Terrorism: Saudi Arabia’s Role in the War on Terror

April 30, 2025 admin 0 Comments

PTerrorism has been one of the most pressing global challenges in the 21st century, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has played a crucial role in counterterrorism efforts. Combating Terrorism:

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Physics and Sufi Cosmology: Creation of Universe and Life In the Light of Science and Philosophical Spirituality

March 29, 2025April 3, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Humans have been curious about the meaning of life and their place in the universe for centuries. This fascination has led to countless philosophical, religious, and scientific discussions.

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In the Shadows of Love

March 29, 2025April 3, 2025 admin 0 Comments

‘In the Shadows of Love’ is the fourth novel by Pakistani author Awais Khan. After a promising debut titled In the Company of Strangers, Khan has written a sequel in which he beautifully

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SEAT 1C: A Survivor’s Tale of Hope, Resilience, and Renewal

March 6, 2025March 7, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Writing a book about a near-death experience (NDE) can be a profoundly transformative and healing act for the individual who has lived through such an event and for readers who encounter such life-altering true stories.

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development challenges of pakistan constraints and choices

March 6, 2025March 7, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Why has Pakistan failed to ride the trajectory of long-term sustainable growth like South Korea, Taiwan, or Japan?

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What is Saved: Life Stories and Other Tales

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Between Fiction and Autobiography

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The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Zamir Akram’s book, The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy, offers a unique and valuable perspective on Pakistan’s pursuit of nuclear deterrence.

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The Political Chess King

January 1, 2025January 2, 2025 admin 0 Comments

With the publication of her debut collection of stories last year, Nadya Chishty-Mujahid skilfully depicted the concerns of Pakistan’s vibrant student population through a fictional lens.

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The Thirty Two

January 1, 2025January 2, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Farrukh Sohail Goindi’s latest work, The Thirty Two, is a compilation of his encounters with notable individuals from all walks of life, offering readers an intimate exploration of personalities, places, and defining moments.

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Revenge of the Tipping Point

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 admin 0 Comments

Sequels offer the promise of continuity and may even elicit a careful reconsideration of ideas. Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest offering, can be billed as an accidental sequel.

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War

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 admin 0 Comments

In June 1972, two young Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, investigated the break-in at the Watergate Office Building.

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Tragedy and Defiance: The Lives and Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Forugh Farrokhzad, and Perveen Shakir

October 31, 2024 admin 0 Comments

The book ‘Tragedy and Defiance: The Lives and Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Forugh Farrokhzad, and Perveen Shakir’ by Mahmood Ali Ayub

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Fallout: Power, Intrigue, and Political Upheaval in Pakistan

October 31, 2024 admin 0 Comments

Salman Masood’s Fallout: Power, Intrigue, and Political Upheaval in Pakistan offers an intense analysis of Pakistan’s complex political landscape,

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My Friend Mairaj – An Intimate Biography

September 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments

My Friend Mairaj: An Intimate Biography offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of Mairaj Muhammad Khan

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Peace Between Breaths

September 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments

Spiritual self-improvement is a challenge in an inherently materialistic world steered by instant gratification.

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Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity

August 29, 2024 admin 1 Comment

Billed by the Guardian as “one of the highest-profile kidnappings in Pakistan,”

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Tehzeeb-i-Sukhan: Iftikhar Arif Ki Shaeri Ki Roohani Jihaat

August 29, 2024 admin 0 Comments

The book under review titled ‘Tehzeeb-i-Sukhan: Iftikhar Arif Ki Shaeri Ki Roohani Jihaat’ by Ahmed Javed,

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The Rajiv I Knew: And Why He Was India’s Most Misunderstood Prime Minister

July 28, 2024 admin 1 Comment

Rich with research and replete with anecdotes, Mani Shankar Aiyar’s well-researched book is an excellent contribution to literature on the political history of India and South Asia.

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Pakistan and American Diplomacy

July 1, 2024July 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments

The future of Pakistan and the U.S. diplomatic relationship holds challenges and opportunities shaped by geopolitical dynamics

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Faraar

July 1, 2024July 2, 2024 admin 0 Comments

In a distressing turn of events in the last few decades, the word ‘bureaucracy’ has been reduced to an euphemistic expression with some evil connotations.

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Cluster of Disparate Writings

May 31, 2024June 5, 2024 admin 0 Comments

Streams: Selected Writings 2016-2023 on Media, South Asia, Development and Personalities

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