Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Pakistan.
At roughly 8:30 AM on 26 August 2026, a wall of water, mud, ice, and massive boulders roared down the Lhende Khola…
Pakistanās Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munirās trip to Iran on August 24 has ignited new hope for a negotiated…
Read the terms of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed at Al-Safa Palace, and the conventional knee-jerk instinct in security circles is…
Security Pact or Capital Realignment? The defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan should not be read simply as a military…
Over 70 delegates from 43 organizations across 17 countries gathered in Colombo from 16-18 July for the āHands Off Asiaā conference, organized…
On Tuesday, as American aircraft struck Iran for a tenth consecutive night, Iranās interior minister Eskandar Momeni flew to Islamabad. He was carrying…
In mid-May 2026, an article by Mohammad Altaf Afridi, a former USAID program director in Pakistan, published in The Guardian attracted considerable…
In a future crisis between India and Pakistan, the most dangerous moment may not be the first strike but the minutes before…
Mainstream Pakistan is basking in (self)glory. As host of the US-Iran negotiations ā rumours of a second-round abuzz ā Islamabad is upbeat.…
I was standing near the Taftan border crossing three weeks ago, watching the dust kick up in a way that felt aggressive.…
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