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Palestine exposes a vacuum in Pakistan

The crisis in the Middle East is going to further expose the helpless, rudderless, and purposeless nature of Pakistani leadership. Today’s Pakistani social contract is defined, more than anything else,…

Wheat can rescue Pakistan!

Russia is weaponizing wheat again. Back in March 2022, the world’s TV screens carried images of burning wheat fields, damaged farm machinery, and collapsed grain silos in Ukraine’s wheat belt…

CPEC — a game changer for Pakistan

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since its launch on April 20, 2015, by President Xi Jinping during his visit to Islamabad has become a topic of much discussion and…

Pakistan’s regional policy

It is axiomatic that Pakistan’s regional policy should be anchored to ground realities instead of being based on wishful thinking and pious hopes. Historical record, however, reveals that in many…

Pakistan’s place in a changing world

It’s a shame that Pakistan is going down the gutter just when a changing, increasingly multipolar world is triggering a “battle of offers” between big powers as they rush to…

How long to fix Pakistan?

Too much has already been said about the current Pakistani polycrisis. Nothing said so far is particularly insightful. Of course, nothing said is particularly wrong or off the mark either…

Pakistan and FATF mandate

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released the Report on the State of Effectiveness and Compliance with the FATF Standards in April 2022. This report contains a comprehensive overview of…

Why Pakistan?

MEDIA comments after every act of terror — like the Peshawar mosque carnage — criticise the security agencies and their purported bonhomie with extremist groups, and blame the powerful body of ulema…