International

Afghan Taliban rule and regional insecurity

Despite repeated claims by the Afghan Taliban rulers that they are stabilising Afghanistan and placing ...
National

Violence, leadership vacuum and the quest for peace

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

The return of geopolitics

The phenomenon of geopolitics, or the importance of territory and geography in shaping a country’s ...
National

Radicalisation in Pakistan and the unresolved crisis of merged tribal ...

While Pakistan is striving hard to defeat extremism and terrorism perpetrated in the name of ...
National

Civil society and the imperative of good governance in Pakistan

In contemporary Pakistan, public issues have multiplied manifold, and problems ranging from extremism and terrorism ...
National

Pakistan’s unfinished war against extremism and terrorism

In recent times, particularly during the current year, Pakistan has faced massive terrorist attacks across ...
National

Fault lines of a new era

In the past few years, several major international conflicts, alongside China’s determined efforts to bolster ...
National

The missing links in Pakistan’s political journey

Democracy has been a prominent concept for over a century, gaining particular significance after World ...
National

Why next amendment must drive structural reform—not political consolidation

Former federal minister and a key figure within the ruling coalition party, the Pakistan Muslim ...
National

The merging militant threat

Recently, Pakistani strategists have asserted that the largest terrorist network targeting Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ...