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Strengthening public health

Pakistan’s renewed focus on local vaccine production, reforms in the nursing sector is a timely and encouraging development. The meeting chaired by Federal Minister for National Health Services Mustafa Kamal…

Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute

Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute

Jul 25, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi The latest cycle of confrontation between the US and Iran has once again underscored a familiar truth: military pressure can alter the tactical landscape, but it rarely resolves the strategic dispute. Airstrikes, sanctions and reta…
Normal life is exactly the problem

Normal life is exactly the problem

May 09, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi The lights are back on. Fans are spinning again. Markets have reopened, traffic signals are working, and the immediate panic has faded. Officials are calling it a “successful restoration effort,” while citizens are being urged to m…
Rising medicine prices are becoming a public health crisis

Rising medicine prices are becoming a public health crisis

May 08, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi To be fair, the issue is not entirely the result of state negligence. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have faced genuine cost pressures for years. Pakistan relies heavily on imported active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials…
Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan

Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan

May 07, 2026
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

Grand Hayat : Facts Are Facts

May 04, 2026
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

Understanding the decline in terrorist incidents

May 01, 2026
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?

Have Wars Become a Business?

Apr 30, 2026
 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

Punjab Draws a Line: Banning under 18 Child Marriages

Apr 29, 2026
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

Hindutva Fascism and Bangladesh

Apr 29, 2026
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

Governance vs. Theatrics

Apr 28, 2026
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

Talks offer hope, but peace needs courage

Apr 25, 2026
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…
Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute
July 25, 2026 Opinion

Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute

By Sardar Khan Niazi The latest…

FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament announced
July 24, 2026 Latest News | Sports

FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament announced

FIFA has officially announced the ‘Team…

Fear of Iranian attacks; Israeli Prime Minister rushes to America; will meet Trump
July 24, 2026 Latest News | World

Fear of Iranian attacks; Israeli Prime Minister rushes to America; will meet Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will leave…

Seminar on Reviving the Silk Road to Strengthen ASEAN–Pakistan Trade, Tourism, and Investment Cooperation
July 24, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Seminar on Reviving the Silk Road to Strengthen ASEAN–Pakistan Trade, Tourism, and Investment Cooperation

Islamabad, Pakistan – The International Institute…

Sardar Khan Niazi

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

Some words for the Senator

Some words for the Senator

May 09, 2026
By Asif Mahmood The news of the release of former Senator Mushahid Ahmed Khan brought a sense of relief and satisfaction. However, after reading his Facebook post, the reaction was not entirely pleasing.  He expressed gratitude towards Turkey, …
Normal life is exactly the problem

Normal life is exactly the problem

May 09, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi The lights are back on. Fans are spinning again. Markets have reopened, traffic signals are working, and the immediate panic has faded. Officials are calling it a “successful restoration effort,” while citizens are being urged to m…
Rising medicine prices are becoming a public health crisis

Rising medicine prices are becoming a public health crisis

May 08, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi To be fair, the issue is not entirely the result of state negligence. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have faced genuine cost pressures for years. Pakistan relies heavily on imported active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials…
Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan

Weaponization of Vulnerability in Balochistan

May 07, 2026
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

Grand Hayat : Facts Are Facts

May 04, 2026
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

Understanding the decline in terrorist incidents

May 01, 2026
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?

Have Wars Become a Business?

Apr 30, 2026
 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

Punjab Draws a Line: Banning under 18 Child Marriages

Apr 29, 2026
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

Hindutva Fascism and Bangladesh

Apr 29, 2026
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

Governance vs. Theatrics

Apr 28, 2026
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…
Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute
July 25, 2026 Opinion

Military pressure can’t resolve strategic dispute

By Sardar Khan Niazi The latest…

FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament announced
July 24, 2026 Latest News | Sports

FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament announced

FIFA has officially announced the ‘Team…

Fear of Iranian attacks; Israeli Prime Minister rushes to America; will meet Trump
July 24, 2026 Latest News | World

Fear of Iranian attacks; Israeli Prime Minister rushes to America; will meet Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will leave…

Seminar on Reviving the Silk Road to Strengthen ASEAN–Pakistan Trade, Tourism, and Investment Cooperation
July 24, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Seminar on Reviving the Silk Road to Strengthen ASEAN–Pakistan Trade, Tourism, and Investment Cooperation

Islamabad, Pakistan – The International Institute…

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