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Attacks and Counter-Strikes
Asif Haroon Raja Following the deadly vehicle-borne suicide attack on a mosque in the Old Police Lines area of Kohat during Friday prayers, which reportedly martyred a number of police…
For the Naysayers
Amidst the happy tidings, and seeing Pakistan stemming its downslide and climbing upwards, there are quite a…
Iran’s Possible Nuclearisation: Is Military Pressure Producing the Opposite Result?
Premise For years, Iranian leaders have maintained that Iran does not intend to manufacture nuclear weapons and…
The APS Attack a National Shock and Painful Memory
The Army Public School (APS) attack shook not only Pakistan but also the entire world. The tragedy…
Come From Any Direction, Test Us: DG ISPR’s Clear Stand Against Terrorism and Foreign Interference
In a strongly-worded and assertive press conference, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed…
General Asim Munir Promoted to Field Marshal
One of the possible reasons to elevate General Asim Munir to the exalted rank of field Marshal…
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…
Pakistan Policy Towards Afghanistan: Opportunities and Challenges Webinar
Conducted by the Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Date:22/2/2026…
Governor Sindh and CDS Welcomes COMEX and CDS to Karachi
Governor of Sindh, Kamran Tesori, extended a warm welcome to…
Welcome Dinner in Honor of Mr. Amr Abdullah Baabood, CEO of COMEX, held on November 21, 2024 at Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
Disinformation: The Undermining Force Within—Revealing its Structural Threats to Society and National Security
ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS), organized seminar…
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: From Shared Brotherhood to Conflict and Betrayal
Pakistan's expectations of improved relations after the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021 were undermined by the continued presence…
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,…
Policy paper System in Balochistan – The Root Cause of the Balochistan Conundrum
Part One Asif Haroon Raja Balochistan: The Other Side of the Picture To understand the present-day challenges of Balochistan, it…
Pakistan Navy Launches Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr
The Pakistan Navy has launched Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr (Protector of the Seas) to address various multidimensional threats facing national shipping…
Another Great Game in the Offing
The story of Jack Russell in circulation is horrific and yet closer to the truth. In 1948, Israel's first PM…
Why Pakistan Must Prioritise Security Over Afghanistan’s Internal Politics
Why Pakistan Must Prioritise Security Over Afghanistan's Internal Politics By…
Dialogue: The Safeguard Against China-U.S. Strategic Miscalculation
By Zhao Yunfei China and the U.S. share a responsibility to leverage…
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Attacks and Counter-Strikes
Asif Haroon Raja Following the deadly vehicle-borne suicide attack on a mosque in the Old Police Lines area of Kohat…
CSCEC- 2026
In the global landscape of construction and investment, one name stands out—China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the world's largest construction…
The World Seems to Have Become a Complicated Game
Something seems to have become seriously entangled in the prevailing geopolitical order. The United States (US) is Israel’s principal patron…
The World Seems to Have Become a Complicated Game
Asif Haroon Raja Something seems to have become seriously entangled in the prevailing geopolitical order. The United States is Israel’s…
Iran’s Possible Nuclearisation: Is Military Pressure Producing the Opposite Result?
Premise For years, Iranian leaders have maintained that Iran does not intend to manufacture nuclear weapons and that its nuclear…
Pakistan at a Strategic Crossroads: Security, Regional Alliances and Political Polarisation
Pakistan faces terrorism, regional instability and deep political polarisation. New regional alliances are reshaping its security environment. Tensions in Balochistan…
The Iran war is reshaping Gulf security and energy politicsfor meta des: After Hormuz: Is the Gulf Entering a New Security Order?
The Strait of Hormuz has long functioned as the narrow, beating artery of global commerce. Handling nearly a fifth of…
The Politics of Propaganda, Wishful Thinking and Confrontation
Asif Haroon Raja PTI’s social-media machinery continues to churn out a steady stream of exaggerated, unverified and, in some cases,…
Postmortem of Four-Day India – Pakistan War: Lessons for India
Asif Haroon Raja India's Miscalculations and Weakly Planned Pahalgam False Flag Operation India’s strategic miscalculation stemmed from a flawed assessment…
Imran Khan: From Cricketing Hero to Political Confrontation
Asif Haroon Raja Political History of Imran Khan The cricketer Imran Khan earned worldwide fame after leading Pakistan to victory…
The Shanghai Spirit at 25: A New Model for Multilateral Cooperation
Zhao Yunfei Andijan’s train station sits on the eastern edge of Uzbekistan’s rail network and is gearing up for a…
A Day of Suspense, Speculation, Political Manoeuvring and Uncertainties
Asif Haroon Raja Circulating Rumours and Suspense Yesterday was a day full of suspense, speculation and political intrigue. All kinds…
The Makkah Pact and the Erosion of America’s Gulf Hegemony
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement is a potentially historic shift in Gulf security: from an order dominated by American…
India–Pakistan Antagonism in Historical Perspective
Part Three Asif Haroon Raja Emerging Fault Lines in India–US Relations Pakistan's nuclear programme, its growing strategic relationship with China…
India–Pakistan Antagonism in Historical Perspective
Part Two Asif Haroon Raja Following Partition in 1947, India and Pakistan emerged as the two principal successor states to…