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Spike in terrorist activity in Balochistan is stark reminder of the fact that the State is being contested from within.…
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Spike in terrorist activity in Balochistan is stark reminder of the fact that the State is being contested from within.…
Pakistan is facing a silent but devastating war—one that is being fought not with bombs, but through rivers. According to…
Pakistan’s sovereignty is draining away—not through war or invasion, but through the silent suffocation of its rivers. The eastern rivers—Ravi,…
Just days after the Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India sealed a $7.4 billion deal with…
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), signed in 1960, once symbolised pragmatic cooperation between India and Pakistan. But today, it is…
The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, often celebrated as a model of conflict avoidance, masks a…
THE government’s celebration of a historic low inflation rate of 1% conceals the deeper economic and political costs borne by…
THE drying up of the Sukkur Barrage has sent shockwaves across Sindh just as a crucial crop season gets underway.…
The colonial development model drove unsustainable industrialization and resource extraction to position India as a counterweight to China, a country…
For decades, the elite have held onto a system built on monopolistic practices, crony capitalism and inequitable governance. However, this…
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