Islamabad Talks: A Band-Aid on a Ticking Bomb
War rarely stays on the battlefield anymore; it has a habit of leaking into the quiet, air-conditioned hallways of global diplomacy. That grueling 21-hour slog in Islamabad wasn’t…
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Nobel Prize-Recognition or Flattery? Drawing the Line in Honoring the Field Marshal
It is a matter of profound national and strategic importance to carefully, rigorously, and without emotional excess, differentiate between two concepts that are often…
Pakistan’s Diplomatic Rise Shapes US-Iran Ceasefire.Ali Şahin
By Shabana Ayaz Ankara / Islamabad: In a significant development on the global diplomatic front, Turkish parliamentarian Ali Şahin has lauded Pakistan’s pivotal role…
Why Pakistan Brokered the US-Iran Ceasefire
BY: ZHANG CHAOZHE, XIANG SIHONG April 8, 2026. With less than an hour and a half remaining before the “deadline” for military action set…
Shehbaz- Munir: Heroes Who Saved Humanity
As a deadline for massive U.S. strikes against Iran approached under an ultimatum from Donald Trump, the world feared catastrophic destruction, but a last-minute…
Iran-US talks: why is Pakistan maintaining such secrecy?
By:Owais Lateef As the world’s biggest diplomatic event in recent times is about to be held in Islamabad, the secrecy in this matter is…
Pakistan’s Rich Diplomatic Successes: Cautious or Light Response, Is India Failing?
By owais lateef Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts have paid off, with the country playing a key role in brokering a ceasefire between the US and…
Pakistan’s decisive diplomacy at a critical moment
Pakistan’s leadership has emerged from a moment of exceptional regional tension with renewed credibility, having played a pivotal role in easing a crisis that…
Pakistan’s Moment of Honour on the World Stage
Sometimes, a nation hits those rare moments when pure determination feels like it can tip the balance of destiny in its favor. Such moments…
Pharaohism in the Pakistani Public
By: Asi Islamabad As children, we all grew up hearing tales of Pharaoh. We were told of a man, a king, a tyrant so…
Mahrang Baloch’s Solitary Confinement
Mahrang Baloch’s article in The Guardian is a deliberate manipulation aimed at generating sympathy for a cause that has caused death, misery, and underdevelopment…
When the World Held Its Breath, Pakistan Chose Dialogue over War
By Syeda Amnah Batool At a time when the Middle East stood dangerously close to a wider conflict, and direct communication between Iran and…
“A Debt of Love or the Flow of Nature? — The Whisper of BaBa Tal”
Is everything truly fine… or have we quietly altered something sacred? What strange shift has taken place in our thinking that love—once pure, silent,…
Power That Roars Only at the Weak
There was a man among my relatives who possessed considerable wealth and, with it, an authority that seemed to extend beyond material comfort into…
Pakistan’s carbon finance milestone
Pakistan’s recent agreement with Norway to establish its first carbon market has been hailed as a landmark achievement, and rightly so. For a country…
When Leadership Shows Up Before the Crisis Does
By Umar Talha There is a particular kind of leadership that only reveals itself under pressure. It is not the kind that makes grand…
Petrol price rollback
The government’s abrupt decision to slash petrol prices by Rs80 per litre, reversing an increase announced only a day earlier, has been hailed by…