National

TTP revamps operational strategy

While, as part of its new operational strategy, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist ...
National

BLA-TTP alliance: A new threat to Pakistan’s security

The recent terrorist attacks carried out by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the ...
National

The devil in the devolution: How the 18th Amendment stopped ...

The World Bank has urged Pakistan to revisit its existing framework of fiscal federalism, arguing ...
National

Why Pakistan needs a national government to confront its crises

Recently, while addressing the National Assembly after the passage of the annual federal budget, Prime ...
National

Democracy beyond elections: The need to build democratic culture in ...

Pakistan is officially and constitutionally a democratic state. It has an elected Parliament at the ...
National

US-Iran accord: A flawed peace and its geopolitical ripples

The United States and Iran have signed a crucial peace deal to end their recent ...
International

Russia-Taliban defence cooperation: Emerging implications for Pakistan

The recent agreement between Russia and the Afghan Taliban regime to repair Soviet-era and Russian-made ...
National

Social roots behind Pakistan’s political and economic instability

Presently, Pakistan is facing multiple crises at different levels and across various institutions, and this ...
National

Can Pakistan use US-Iran mediation to revive IP gas pipeline

The ongoing, rare diplomatic engagement between the United States and Iran—and Pakistan’s central role in ...
National

Strategic perils of India’s escalating anti-Pakistan posturing

The recent highly provocative and irresponsible statement by Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi regarding ...