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Targeting Chinese nationals

THE Shangla terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers’ vehicle is having consequences. Chinese companies have suspended work on at least three critical hydropower projects: the Dasu dam, the Diamer-Basha dam, and the Tarbela 5th…

India and transnational terrorism

The Indian government and Indian media have sharply reacted to allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his foreign minister, and the Canadian police chief. The allegations are that…

Extreme nation

PAKISTAN’s political character is a product of extraordinary circumstances, the British Empire’s geopolitical imperatives, and the absence of a blueprint for the post-independence state. It came into existence in a…

The nation at 75

OUR major freedom anniversaries have all seen us in or near major crises. The 25th one saw us healing the trauma of 1971; the 50th one saw us about to…

A nation adrift

Budget 2024-25 plans an increase of Rs5,563 billion or 45.4 per cent in the total revenues, representing the highest-ever increase in the overall burden of taxes and levies on the…

Charter of national revival

Pakistan needs more than a Charter of Economy. It needs a Charter of National Revival, based on a 4D strategy: Deregulate, Devolve, Deradicalize and Digitize. Deradicalization is a prerequisite to…

Changing the national narrative

Pakistan has often been seen abroad as a crisis-prone country. That reputation has taken on a new life after the April 2022 parliamentary vote of no-confidence, and the unusual events…

What nations remember

One of the primary goals of any country is to ensure its survivability. Had Pakistan not maintained its robust armed forces, it would have been prey to the Indian assault…

Dangerous nationalism

The Tipu Sultan Express named after the famed freedom icon who resisted British colonialism in South India in the late 18th Century is being renamed Wadiyar Express after the Hindu…