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The cycle of violence and the urgent need for transformative ...

The growing presence of violence in Pakistan’s social and political landscape has become difficult to ...
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Pakistan–Taliban tensions enter a new phase

The statement by Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khwaja Asif, that his country was in an “open ...
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Old guards, new crises

In Pakistan, people are deeply disturbed by the economic crisis and inflation, which have severely ...
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Cross-border strikes and strategic dilemmas

The air raids conducted by the Pakistan military inside Afghanistan on February 22, which reportedly ...
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Rethinking Pakistan’s role in a connected world

A key aspect of social discourse in Pakistan generally focuses on Western, particularly American, policy ...
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Firm but fair: A pragmatic path for tax recovery

The former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were merged into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province ...
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How ICTs can drive change in rural Pakistan

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have played an instrumental role since the mid-1990s in transforming ...
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Why Pakistan’s civic crisis persists

Civic problems in Pakistan have been growing steadily instead of diminishing, as one might expect ...
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Afghan Taliban rule and regional insecurity

Despite repeated claims by the Afghan Taliban rulers that they are stabilising Afghanistan and placing ...
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Violence, leadership vacuum and the quest for peace

The use of force and violence is increasingly becoming a defining feature of our national ...