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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…
Reflections on the War Against Iran and Pakistan’s Diplomatic Coup
By Asif Haroon Raja After the 12-day war in June, in which the United States and Israel…
Hunger as a Weapon: How Food Security Dictates Modern Geopolitical StabilityFood Security as National Security: Why Hunger Has Become a Strategic Threat in the Twenty-First Century
Food security has officially transcended its traditional classification as a localized agricultural or humanitarian concern, evolving into…
Khalistan Embassy in Canada: A Diplomatic Slap on India’s Face
The recent opening of a so-called Embassy of Khalistan in Surrey, Canada, has once again exposed the…
Attacks and Counter-Strikes
Asif Haroon Raja Following the deadly vehicle-borne suicide attack on a mosque in the Old Police Lines…
The Afghan Taliban and Pakistan: From Strategic Allies to Strategic Rivals
Pakistan's Role During the Afghan Jihad in the 1980s During the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan…
Seminar Held in Rawalakot Honoring “The Iron Lady of Jammu & Kashmir”
A seminar titled “The Iron Lady of Jammu & Kashmir”…
Remarks by Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at the Reception Celebrating the 105th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China
Remarks by Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at the Reception Celebrating the…
PRESS RELEASE
CDS Hosted Roundtable Discussion on “Pakistan-Oman Bilateral Ties: A Cornerstone…
Governor Sindh and CDS Welcomes COMEX and CDS to Karachi
Governor of Sindh, Kamran Tesori, extended a warm welcome to…
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Pakistan-UAE Relations in a Multipolar World: Balancing Between China, the US, and the Gulf
On 26th December 2025, the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, made his…
Renewed Hostilities in the Gulf Threatening Regional and Global Security
The article argues that the collapse of the U.S.–Iran agreement has reignited tensions in the Gulf, with the Strait of…
Afghanistan Passing Through Testing Times
Part Two Asif Haroon Raja The Emerging Challenge to Taliban Rule The security and political landscape in Afghanistan is entering…
Pakistan’s Strategic Role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), established in 2001, is an important regional international organization focused on promoting security, economic cooperation,…
The Interception of Global Sumud Flotilla is the Seizure of a Mission of Hope
The hope of the innocents, struggling amid fire and bombardment, has been…
Crisis, conflict, and the rising cost of fuel
By Nuzhat Nazar Energy prices do not rise in isolation. Wars, geopolitical…
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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…