Sultan M Hali

  THE Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has emerged as one of the most significant platforms for multipolar cooperation in Eurasia. For Pakistan, a relatively new…

  THE suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by India in 2025 has reignited one of South Asia’s most perilous flashpoints: water. For Pakistan,…

  THE announcement in June 2026 of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran stirred cautious optimism across diplomatic circles. For the first…

IN the annals of maritime history, a few episodes capture the fusion of professionalism, resilience and technical mastery as vividly as the Pakistan Navy (PN)’s…

  IN the annals of modern conflict, a few episodes illustrate the perils of hubris and miscalculation as starkly as the recent war between the…

  THE global chorus surrounding 5G is deafening. Politicians hail it as the dawn of a digital renaissance, telecom corporations trumpet its promise of lightning-fast…

  THE Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States, hailed as a tentative step toward de-escalation, is already beset with formidable…

  IN the evolving theatre of modern warfare, unmanned aerial vehicles have become both symbols of technological prowess and instruments of asymmetric power. Iran’s Shahed…

  US President Donald Trump’s vacillation over negotiations with Iran—setting harsh conditions and insisting Tehran must never be permitted to pursue nuclear development—necessitates revisiting bitter…

This year marks seventy-five years of Pakistan–China diplomatic relations—an “all-weather friendship” that has endured ideological shifts, Cold War rivalries and the turbulence of global polarisation.…