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Today, I had the honor of calling on the Honorable Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Mr. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.

The Consequences of Weaponising Freedom of Expression 
Asif Mahmood Most of you may not like what I am about to say. That, however, makes little difference. Those who have been reading me for years know that I have repeatedly argued that the freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, and protest were bei…
Grand Hayat : Facts Are Facts
Asif Mahmood What is the reason that when the law knocked at the doorstep of the elite at the Grand Hyatt Tower Islamabad in Islamabad, sections of the media reacted with visible anger? Why have some journalists taken such a strong position on this iss…
Understanding the decline in terrorist incidents
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the months following the launch of Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq, Pakistan has witnessed a noticeable decline in terrorist incidents across several previously volatile regions. While security operations in the country are not new, the…
Have Wars Become a Business?
 Asif Mahmood Why does the United States fight wars? Is there always a clearly defined objective behind them, or has war itself become the objective? Consider this. In the very first month of the US Iran conflict, the world’s 100 largest oil an…
Punjab Draws a Line: Banning under 18 Child Marriages
Iqra Bano Sohail In a sun drenched courtyard in a bustling city of Punjab, a ten year old girl sits on a wooden stool. Her petitite frame overburdened by a heavy red lehenga. The lights glimmer as the aroma of roses fill the house with their scent. Her…
Hindutva Fascism and Bangladesh
Asif Mahmood Hindutva has become a tangible geopolitical force that is steadily eroding regional stability. From Pakistan’s western frontiers, where Indian backed proxies are engaged in fomenting terrorism inside Pakistani territory, to the political l…
Governance vs. Theatrics
Asif Mahmood The day the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, was addressing rows of empty chairs in Azad Kashmir, the Punjab government was busy launching three new development projects. The contrast could not be starker. It raises a f…
Talks offer hope, but peace needs courage
By Sardar Khan Niazi There are moments in South Asia’s long and complicated history when the language of dialogue returns to the forefront, offering a flicker of hope in an otherwise familiar landscape of tension. Recent signals suggesting renewed will…
Pakistan is hope
Asif Mahmood Why is Pakistan taking such a keen interest in the negotiations between Iran and the United States? What does it stand to gain? The question is being asked with a certain edge. It deserves a clear answer. At a time when much of the West…
Pakistan in Contemporary Geopolitics
Asif Mahmood Pakistan has done it. It has achieved what many thought lay beyond its reach, what others did not even dare to attempt. Moments like these do not arrive often in the life of a nation. They carry the quiet weight of answered prayers, as if …

Social media platform Threads crosses major milestone

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister approves presentation of provincial budget

Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan
Asif Mahmood The situation in Balochistan is no longer a simple security challenge. It involves violence on the ground, influence online, and a range of hidden networks working in different ways at the same time. In this environment, groups like the Ba…
Grand Hayat : Facts Are Facts
Asif Mahmood What is the reason that when the law knocked at the doorstep of the elite at the Grand Hyatt Tower Islamabad in Islamabad, sections of the media reacted with visible anger? Why have some journalists taken such a strong position on this iss…
Understanding the decline in terrorist incidents
By Sardar Khan Niazi In the months following the launch of Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq, Pakistan has witnessed a noticeable decline in terrorist incidents across several previously volatile regions. While security operations in the country are not new, the…
Have Wars Become a Business?
 Asif Mahmood Why does the United States fight wars? Is there always a clearly defined objective behind them, or has war itself become the objective? Consider this. In the very first month of the US Iran conflict, the world’s 100 largest oil an…
Punjab Draws a Line: Banning under 18 Child Marriages
Iqra Bano Sohail In a sun drenched courtyard in a bustling city of Punjab, a ten year old girl sits on a wooden stool. Her petitite frame overburdened by a heavy red lehenga. The lights glimmer as the aroma of roses fill the house with their scent. Her…
Hindutva Fascism and Bangladesh
Asif Mahmood Hindutva has become a tangible geopolitical force that is steadily eroding regional stability. From Pakistan’s western frontiers, where Indian backed proxies are engaged in fomenting terrorism inside Pakistani territory, to the political l…
Governance vs. Theatrics
Asif Mahmood The day the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, was addressing rows of empty chairs in Azad Kashmir, the Punjab government was busy launching three new development projects. The contrast could not be starker. It raises a f…
Talks offer hope, but peace needs courage
By Sardar Khan Niazi There are moments in South Asia’s long and complicated history when the language of dialogue returns to the forefront, offering a flicker of hope in an otherwise familiar landscape of tension. Recent signals suggesting renewed will…
Pakistan is hope
Asif Mahmood Why is Pakistan taking such a keen interest in the negotiations between Iran and the United States? What does it stand to gain? The question is being asked with a certain edge. It deserves a clear answer. At a time when much of the West…
Pakistan in Contemporary Geopolitics
Asif Mahmood Pakistan has done it. It has achieved what many thought lay beyond its reach, what others did not even dare to attempt. Moments like these do not arrive often in the life of a nation. They carry the quiet weight of answered prayers, as if …

Social media platform Threads crosses major milestone

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister approves presentation of provincial budget

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