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PM’s Saudi Visit Shows How Friends See Pakistan’s Problems
The recent visit of PM Shahbaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia has once again brought to the fore a fact that the world has long...
Military Adds to Pakistan’s Mess in the Name of Order
As Pakistan enters its 77th year of independence and the country continues to face multiple crises, it will useful to look at the last...
Protect Pakistan’s Weak & Vulnerable: HRCP Calls Upon Pakistani State
Recent videos of molestation of young children, especially boys, at seminaries have brought to light what many of us have known for a long...
Pakistan’s Establishment Does not see Value of Education
All over the world, universities are seen as critical to building human capital. The United States has benefitted for decades because its universities have...
Former MNA from North Waziristan: Establishment Stole The People’s Mandate
Pakistan was founded as a democracy in 1947 but it has been ruled by its military – primarily army – for the last 77...
Pakistan’s Terrorism Problem Now Threatens Ties with China, too
Pakistan’s security challenge is getting worse with three attacks on Chinese projects in the space of one week. It is also straining relations with...
Having Failed Before, Will Pakistan Be Able to Tax its Retail Sector This Time?
The biggest crisis facing Pakistan right now is the economic crisis and one of the long-standing demands by the International Monetary Fund and other...
Judges Expose Pakistan Military, Security Service Meddling in Judicial Decisions
Pakistan has long been called a country that is ruled by the military – most countries have an army, it is said, in Pakistan’s...
Pakistan’s Support of Terrorism Haunts it Worse than Ever
The Pakistani states decades long policy of harboring non-state actors and groups as proxies to be used for its regional policies vis-à-vis India and...
Another Political Activist Gunned Down in Pakistan, Most Likely by the State
Almost 77 years after independence, Pakistan is not a country for any form of dissent or activism. In February 2024, political activist Hidayatullah Lohar...
Pakistan’s Air is as Polluted as its Politics
Pakistan is facing many crises today, and one of them is the health of our citizens. According to the 2023 World Air Quality Report,...
Pakistan Needs Real Austerity Not Symbolic Theatre
Pakistan’s biggest challenge remains the economic crisis. The incoming government’s ‘austerity’ measures – like with every Pakistani government over the last few decades -...
Jihadist Chickens Coming Home to Roost
For decades, the Pakistani deep state argued that Pakistan-Afghanistan relations would improve if the U.S. left Afghanistan and a pro-Pakistan government – the Afghan...
New Finance Minister Faces An Economic Minefield
Pakistan has a new Finance Minister and there is buzz in the media and social media that things will change. However, since 2008, the...
After years of supporting the Taliban, Pakistan Realizes the Threats they Pose
As Pakistan’s next government takes charge, the country’s security challenges continue especially the threat posed by the Pakistani Taliban and worsening Afghanistan – Pakistan...
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