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THE MORAL DYNAMITE OF THE WEST:

- International - December 20, 2025

Why the Nobel Peace Prize Continues to Fail the Global South  Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP The Nobel Peace Prize — created, ironically, by Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite — is celebrated as the world’s highest moral honour, a beacon of hope and principle. Yet its track record reveals a deeply political logic: rather than purely […]

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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (1–15.12.25)

- Security - December 19, 2025

Domestic BALOCHISTAN Comments & Analysis: The recent incidents across Balochistan reflect a volatile security landscape shaped by overlapping militant, criminal, and institutional vulnerabilities. Insurgent activity remains persistent, demonstrated through coordinated attacks on FC installations, a suicide bombing in Nokundi, and targeted killings, including the murder of a CTD official. At the same time, high-frequency criminal […]

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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16-30.11.25)

- Security - December 2, 2025

AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR (AJK) BALOCHISTAN ISLAMABAD KHYBER PAKHTOONKHWA (KP) PUNJAB CCD / Police    Public and Environmental Security Measures SINDH DG ISPR Press briefing related to terrorism, counterterrorism measures, and smuggling DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, addressing a press conference on 25 November, said that Afghan forces were facilitating terrorist infiltration by […]

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From Oversight to Servility

- Uncategorized - November 19, 2025

Lt.Gen (r) Asad Durrani In the late 1950s, Mao Zedong’s books were available on the streets of Anarkali fortwo rupees a piece. Maybe that’s the reason some of us, then students in the nearbyGovernment College, were tempted to buy them. No idea why his famous red bookdid not make much impression on me, but the […]

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Subtle Message

- Region - November 19, 2025

 Khurram Aslam Khan Analysts had cautioned that the recent drift in Pakistan’s foreign policy towards the USA could unfavourably impact its long-term strategic relations with China. Pakistan’s leaders mocked India for its failure to maintain balanced relations with opposing and rival nations. Pakistan had prided itself on successfully navigating the competing global influences of China […]

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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (1–15 Nov 25)

- Security - November 16, 2025

Domestic BALOCHISTAN Comments and AnalysisThe security landscape in Balochistan continues to deteriorate as a combination of Baloch separatist groups, IS-K cells, and criminal networks intensify their operational tempo across Kech, Kalat, Quetta, Kachhi, and coastal corridors. The reporting period shows sustained patterns of targeted killings of tribal leaders, politically significant figures, and ordinary travellers; expanded […]

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 Wrong people paying for economic failure

- Finance - November 12, 2025

Azhar Rashid Khan Summary: Pakistan’s repeated IMF reliance has stabilised short-term crises but deepened structural dependency. Regulators’ failure to contain “socially sticky inflation” means profiteers escape accountability while the public shoulders both inflation and higher taxes. There is no denying that the IMF has helped Pakistan avoid financial collapse more than once. Its stabilisation programmes […]

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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–30.10.25)

- Security - November 2, 2025

DOMESTIC BALOCHISTAN GILGIT–BALTISTAN (GB) ISLAMABAD KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KP) PUNJAB SINDH DEFENCE AND SECURITY PAKISTAN – AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT / DIALOGUES Comments and Analysis: Analysts and diplomats observed that the collapse of talks underscores deep mistrust and heightens regional instability, though mediators Qatar and Turkey remain hopeful. Two analytical pieces — “Canons to Right of Them, Canons […]

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Pakistan-Afghanistan: Uneasy Regional Partners 

- Defence - October 24, 2025

Muhammad Atta Ullah Khan  It is a well known fact that peace and security in our region have remained hostage to the volatile situation in Afghanistan for the last four decades. Even after the exit of NATO forces and the establishment of Taliban rule, there has been no significant change in the situation as far […]

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