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Climate migration challenge

October 19, 2026

Climate change is steadily reshaping human settlement patterns across South Asia, creating pressures that governments can no longer afford to treat as distant risks.…

Silencing the Truth

Beyond Denials

October 18, 2026

The prospect of renewed diplomatic engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan has once again drawn regional attention, particularly amid reports that Russia may be willing…

PEACE CANNOT SURVIVE ON DENIAL

PAKISTAN’S MISSING EXPORT ECONOMY

October 18, 2026

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar Pakistan has spent decades trying to increase its exports, yet it has never fully resolved a more fundamental question. Why…

MEDIATOR OF DECADES-A Man in Uniform, a Diplomat in a Tuxedo

Jute’s fragrance in Islamabad’s air

October 17, 2026

The night was a little cold. I walked towards the west-facing window of my top-floor studio apartment at F-10 Markaz, my Eyrie—the eagle’s nest—and…

Women on Wheels

India’s Democratic Contradictions

October 15, 2026

India’s claim to democratic greatness rests on its vast electorate, constitutional framework and extraordinary diversity. Yet democracy is measured not merely by the frequency…

Nowhere Else to Go

History That Can Still Answer Back

October 15, 2026

On Zain Saleem’s “Gujrat Ke Darakhshan Sitare” Local history usually arrives in one of two forms. The first is built on the dead: every…

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