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Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer
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Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

By Abdul Rafay Niazi On June 10, 2025, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget for FY2025–26 before a noisy National Assembly. It was passed on June 26 and…

Rising food costs and extreme weather events

Rising food costs and extreme weather events

Nov 02, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the last few years, food prices in Pakistan have surged to unprecedented levels, and while inflation is often blamed on the usual culprits--global economic slowdowns, policy missteps, or currency devaluation--there is a far more…
Ceasefire or cover-up, the credibility gap in Gaza

Ceasefire or cover-up, the credibility gap in Gaza

Oct 31, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi The recent wave of violence in the Gaza Strip underscores one grim truth: a ceasefire without credible monitoring is no more than a pause before the next bloodletting. The truce between Israel and Hamas, brokered in early October w…
Title: Pakistan’s Patience and the Price of Afghan Evasions

Title: Pakistan’s Patience and the Price of Afghan Evasions

Oct 31, 2025
Asif Mahmood The recent Istanbul talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan, held from October 25 to 29, ended without a breakthrough, not because of Pakistan’s inflexibility but because of Kabul’s persistent denial of hard realities. While Pakistan came t…
The Illusion of Afghan Friendship

The Illusion of Afghan Friendship

Oct 30, 2025
Asif Mahmood Is Afghanistan Truly a Friend of Pakistan? When I ask my heart, it says yes, Afghanistan is a brotherly and friendly country. But when I ask my mind, it replies with questions that demand honest answers before any conclusion can be drawn. …
NO to the Privatization of Foreign Policy

NO to the Privatization of Foreign Policy

Oct 29, 2025
Asif Mahmood Can any  state afford to outsource its foreign policy? Can a sovereign nation allow “private franchises” of diplomacy to flourish, where religious figures and political leaders step forward to offer their “services” in improving relat…
India’s Strategic Depth in Afghanistan

India’s Strategic Depth in Afghanistan

Oct 27, 2025
Asif Mahmood Those who once criticized Pakistan’s concept of strategic depth should now turn their gaze toward Afghanistan, where India has been cultivating its own version of strategic depth for decades. Do they not see the danger it poses? What is…
Understanding and confronting the crises of our time

Understanding and confronting the crises of our time

Oct 27, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the swirl of crises enveloping our world today, climate breakdown, global inequality, geopolitical fragmentation, and rising digital threat-vectors we confront not only a catalogue of challenges, but also a moral and political c…
The hidden backbone of the modern economy

The hidden backbone of the modern economy

Oct 26, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In today’s digital, interconnected world, it is easy to get lost in the allure of the latest smartphone, the newest electric car, or the endless possibilities of artificial intelligence. Yet, behind every innovation, every piece of…
Pakistan’s external situation is very good: SK Niazi
June 3, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Pakistan’s external situation is very good: SK Niazi

People’s trust in the government is…

Peace process under strain
June 3, 2026 Editorial

Peace process under strain

As mistrust, confusing signals, and persistent…

PM orders swift conversion of Pak-China MoUs into formal agreements
June 2, 2026 Latest News

PM orders swift conversion of Pak-China MoUs into formal agreements

ISLAMABAD :  Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz…

Pakistan warns UN Security Council of spillover risks from protracted Ukraine conflict
June 2, 2026 Latest News

Pakistan warns UN Security Council of spillover risks from protracted Ukraine conflict

 NEW YORK :Pakistan has warned the…

Sardar Khan Niazi

(Tamgh-i-Imtaiz) Journalist, Business Leader, Entrepreneur

CM KPK and the Challenge of Counterterrorism

CM KPK and the Challenge of Counterterrorism

Nov 03, 2025
Asif Mahmood The election of Suhail Afridi as the new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has drawn quiet concern in Islamabad. The reason lies not in personalities but in timing. The province is once again facing a wave of militant violence, and the …
Rising food costs and extreme weather events

Rising food costs and extreme weather events

Nov 02, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the last few years, food prices in Pakistan have surged to unprecedented levels, and while inflation is often blamed on the usual culprits--global economic slowdowns, policy missteps, or currency devaluation--there is a far more…
Ceasefire or cover-up, the credibility gap in Gaza

Ceasefire or cover-up, the credibility gap in Gaza

Oct 31, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi The recent wave of violence in the Gaza Strip underscores one grim truth: a ceasefire without credible monitoring is no more than a pause before the next bloodletting. The truce between Israel and Hamas, brokered in early October w…
Title: Pakistan’s Patience and the Price of Afghan Evasions

Title: Pakistan’s Patience and the Price of Afghan Evasions

Oct 31, 2025
Asif Mahmood The recent Istanbul talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan, held from October 25 to 29, ended without a breakthrough, not because of Pakistan’s inflexibility but because of Kabul’s persistent denial of hard realities. While Pakistan came t…
The Illusion of Afghan Friendship

The Illusion of Afghan Friendship

Oct 30, 2025
Asif Mahmood Is Afghanistan Truly a Friend of Pakistan? When I ask my heart, it says yes, Afghanistan is a brotherly and friendly country. But when I ask my mind, it replies with questions that demand honest answers before any conclusion can be drawn. …
NO to the Privatization of Foreign Policy

NO to the Privatization of Foreign Policy

Oct 29, 2025
Asif Mahmood Can any  state afford to outsource its foreign policy? Can a sovereign nation allow “private franchises” of diplomacy to flourish, where religious figures and political leaders step forward to offer their “services” in improving relat…
India’s Strategic Depth in Afghanistan

India’s Strategic Depth in Afghanistan

Oct 27, 2025
Asif Mahmood Those who once criticized Pakistan’s concept of strategic depth should now turn their gaze toward Afghanistan, where India has been cultivating its own version of strategic depth for decades. Do they not see the danger it poses? What is…
Understanding and confronting the crises of our time

Understanding and confronting the crises of our time

Oct 27, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the swirl of crises enveloping our world today, climate breakdown, global inequality, geopolitical fragmentation, and rising digital threat-vectors we confront not only a catalogue of challenges, but also a moral and political c…
Pakistan’s external situation is very good: SK Niazi
June 3, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Pakistan’s external situation is very good: SK Niazi

People’s trust in the government is…

Peace process under strain
June 3, 2026 Editorial

Peace process under strain

As mistrust, confusing signals, and persistent…

PM orders swift conversion of Pak-China MoUs into formal agreements
June 2, 2026 Latest News

PM orders swift conversion of Pak-China MoUs into formal agreements

ISLAMABAD :  Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz…

Pakistan warns UN Security Council of spillover risks from protracted Ukraine conflict
June 2, 2026 Latest News

Pakistan warns UN Security Council of spillover risks from protracted Ukraine conflict

 NEW YORK :Pakistan has warned the…

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