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Winter gas: prepare before the crisis
By Sardar Khan Niazi Pakistan cannot afford to wait for winter to expose the weaknesses in its gas supply system. With colder months approaching and uncertainty surrounding imported LNG supplies, the government must move from reactive crisis management…
Americans are wary of AI and they’re right to ask hard questions
By Sardar Khan Niazi Artificial intelligence has become the defining technology of our era. From classrooms to hospitals, workplaces to courtrooms, AI is rapidly changing how decisions are made and how people live. Yet despite the excitement surroundin…
India Is Not the Upper Riparian State
Asif Mahmood  In the ongoing debate over the Indus Waters Treaty, India is frequently described as the upper riparian state. Factually, however, that is not correct. India is not an upper riparian state. If any country in this region truly deserve…
Indus Waters: India’s Strategic Miscalculation
Asif Mahmood India is making the same mistake over the Indus Waters Treaty that it made during Operation Sindoor. There, too, it committed a strategic miscalculation and ended up facing international embarrassment. On the Indus Waters issue, India is r…
No room for compromise
By Sardar Khan Niazi The prime minister's directive banning the production and use of substandard syringes is a necessary response to a matter that directly concerns public health. Medical devices that fail to meet prescribed standards expose patients …
Why Didn’t Modi Go to Iran?
Asif Mahmood Iran is bidding farewell to its Supreme Leader. For the Iranian people, this is a moment of profound grief, perhaps the saddest they have witnessed in the past two or three decades. Pakistan has sent a high level delegation that includes t…
Water should not become a weapon in South Asia
By Sardar Khan Niazi Water has long been described as the lifeblood of civilization. In South Asia, where hundreds of millions depend on the Indus river system for food security, livelihoods and economic stability, it is also an indispensable strategic…
Historical Background of the Dombra
On 5 July, Kazakhstan celebrates National Dombra Day. Akhmet Zhubanov Among the many forms of traditional Kazakh art, the dombra and the art of kui performance represent a unique cultural tradition with a history spanning many centuries. According t…
Indian Water Aggression: Some Legal Dimensions
Asif Mahmood India's water aggression against Pakistan has three distinct dimensions. The first is that it has blocked Pakistan's share of the waters that flow from India into Pakistan. The second is that it has also begun obstructing Pakistan's sha…
Beyond the NFC debate: the World Bank’s wake-up call
By Sardar Khan Niazi The World Bank's latest report on Pakistan's fiscal federalism has reopened an old but unavoidable debate: has the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award delivered on its promise of better governance, or has it merely redistribute…
Why Pakistan’s need to borrow keeps growing
By Sardar Khan Niazi Pakistan's recurring dependence on borrowing is often portrayed as a temporary crisis brought about by external shocks, political instability, or unfavorable global conditions. While these factors matter, they do not explain why th…
Abdul Rehman The Iran war has returned. The fragile arrangement keeping the guns quiet finally gave way. The United States and Iran traded blows once again, and continue to do so. From the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, U.S. President Donald T…
Americans are wary of AI and they’re right to ask hard questions
By Sardar Khan Niazi Artificial intelligence has become the defining technology of our era. From classrooms to hospitals, workplaces to courtrooms, AI is rapidly changing how decisions are made and how people live. Yet despite the excitement surroundin…
India Is Not the Upper Riparian State
Asif Mahmood  In the ongoing debate over the Indus Waters Treaty, India is frequently described as the upper riparian state. Factually, however, that is not correct. India is not an upper riparian state. If any country in this region truly deserve…
Indus Waters: India’s Strategic Miscalculation
Asif Mahmood India is making the same mistake over the Indus Waters Treaty that it made during Operation Sindoor. There, too, it committed a strategic miscalculation and ended up facing international embarrassment. On the Indus Waters issue, India is r…
No room for compromise
By Sardar Khan Niazi The prime minister's directive banning the production and use of substandard syringes is a necessary response to a matter that directly concerns public health. Medical devices that fail to meet prescribed standards expose patients …
Why Didn’t Modi Go to Iran?
Asif Mahmood Iran is bidding farewell to its Supreme Leader. For the Iranian people, this is a moment of profound grief, perhaps the saddest they have witnessed in the past two or three decades. Pakistan has sent a high level delegation that includes t…
Water should not become a weapon in South Asia
By Sardar Khan Niazi Water has long been described as the lifeblood of civilization. In South Asia, where hundreds of millions depend on the Indus river system for food security, livelihoods and economic stability, it is also an indispensable strategic…
Historical Background of the Dombra
On 5 July, Kazakhstan celebrates National Dombra Day. Akhmet Zhubanov Among the many forms of traditional Kazakh art, the dombra and the art of kui performance represent a unique cultural tradition with a history spanning many centuries. According t…
Indian Water Aggression: Some Legal Dimensions
Asif Mahmood India's water aggression against Pakistan has three distinct dimensions. The first is that it has blocked Pakistan's share of the waters that flow from India into Pakistan. The second is that it has also begun obstructing Pakistan's sha…
Beyond the NFC debate: the World Bank’s wake-up call
By Sardar Khan Niazi The World Bank's latest report on Pakistan's fiscal federalism has reopened an old but unavoidable debate: has the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award delivered on its promise of better governance, or has it merely redistribute…

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