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Expanding Terrorism: Pakistan’s Counter-Terror Response and the Afghan Conundrum

Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of the steadily intensifying cross-border terrorism orchestrated by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) from Afghan soil into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and…

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Post Bunyan Al Marsus

India launched 'Operation Sindhoor' on the night of 6/7 May. IAF with 75 jets and flying 40…

Pakistan Deepens Strategic Partnership with China Amid Global Shifts

The recent official visit of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to the…

Hooliganism by PTI

Since its ouster from power in Apr 2022, the PTI leadership is in a battling mode. Acting…

From Water Threats to Separatist Voices— India’s Post-2025 Posture Toward Pakistan

As of early January 2026, ever-increasing rhetorical and diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan reflect a thickening…

The Suspension of US Aid to Pakistan: Implications and Impact

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has paused new funding for programs in Pakistan following…

War Seems Imminent

Negotiations in Doha and Istanbul were a farce, essentially designed to buy time to shift TTP and…

Omani Parliamentary delegation calls on NA Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah

  National Assembly SecretariatDirectorate General of Media Omani Parliamentary delegation…

Pakistan Policy Towards Afghanistan: Opportunities and Challenges Webinar

Conducted by the Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Date:22/2/2026…

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Indo-Afghan-Israel Strategic Collusion

The 2011 Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement under Hamid Karzai formalised a relationship that had already been functioning covertly since 2002.…

Global Sumud Flotilla—Sailing Against Gaza’s Starvation

The whole world is witnessing this brutal reality with clarity that life in Gaza has changed dramatically and permanently since…

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Resilient Peace: Civil Society’s Response to the Attack on the Chinese Convoy in Karachi

Yesterday, on October 8, 2024, a devastating attack on a Chinese convoy near Karachi's airport shook the nation. In response…

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Modi’s Kargil speech—Feigning Victory and Threatening Pakistan’s Stability

On July 26th, 2024, Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi delivered a speech at the “Kargil War Memorial” in…

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Iran’s Unyielding Resistance, Expanding War Dynamics and Pakistan’s Diplomatic Masterstroke

By Asif Haroon Raja The ongoing war has entered an extremely dangerous phase. A review of the events of the…

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West Asia’s Fragile Diplomacy, Controlled Escalation to Peace

Asif Haroon Raja Current Strategic Landscape Tensions between the United States and…

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Abhorrent Role of Dr Mahrang Baloch

Mahrang Langho, daughter of the notorious Balochistan Liberation Army ( BLA) leader…

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Expanding Terrorism: Pakistan’s Counter-Terror Response and the Afghan Conundrum

Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of the steadily intensifying cross-border terrorism orchestrated by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan…

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Hanging Between Peace and War

Asif Haroon Raja Iran: Most Sanctioned Country Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has lived under the shadow of…

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Deep Mistrust and a Cycle of Hostility: Why the US–Iran Conflict Cannot End

Given the back-to-back wars in June 2025 and February 2026, and the unresolved core disputes, it is highly doubtful that…

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April 26, 2026

West Asia's Fragile Ceasefire Hangs by a Thread Asif Haroon Raja Trump had imposed a war on Iran on February…

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April 26, 2026

When Time Becomes Iran’s Advantage and America’s Constraint (By: Nuzhat Nazar) The approaching end of the 60-day window under the…

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When Strategy Replaces Diplomacy in Islamabad

(By: Nuzhat Nazar) With Abbas Araghchi now in Islamabad, and American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arriving in parallel,…

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April 25, 2026

Ceasefire Extension, Hormuz Tensions, and the Emerging Strategic Deadlock Asif Haroon Raja Background Full-scale war broke out on February 28,…

America Can Fight This War. Can It Sustain It?

By: Nuzhat Nazar The question is not whether the United States can fight a war with Iran. It clearly can.…

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West Asia’s Fragile Diplomacy, Controlled Escalation to Peace

Asif Haroon Raja Current Strategic Landscape Tensions between the United States and Iran have once again approached a critical inflection…

Rebalancing Power: Why America Must Align Strategy with Economic Reality

By: Nuzhat Nazar For much of the post Cold War era, the United States did not have to choose between…

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Pakistan in the Global Spotlight: From Strategic Constraint to Diplomatic Centrality

Pakistan has, once again, stepped into the global spotlight—this time not as a peripheral actor, but as a pivotal intermediary…

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COAS is in Tehran

The current mission of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Asim Munir, to Tehran is a move born out…

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Escalation Without Resolution

With a naval blockade tightening in the Gulf and missile batteries shifting across Iran, the US–Iran standoff is no longer…

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Can Pakistan Afford Neutrality in the US–Iran Conflict?

This "active neutrality" requires Islamabad to serve as a high-stakes courier, translating the rigid security requirements of Washington into a…

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How Pakistan is Becoming the Operating Channel in Iran–US Talks

(By: Nuzhat Nazar) What we are witnessing around Pakistan’s role in the Iran–US talks is no longer just occasional mediation.…

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