The US Contest With China By Shahid Javed Burki
There was hope that the growing contest between the United States and China while Donald Trump occupied the White House …
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International Visit | Editorial
A delegation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) decided to visit the Kashmir …
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Electoral Reforms: A National Interest By Muhammad Ali Alvi
IT was only in 2013 when a democratically elected Government completed its five years term. However, it was not before …
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Climate-Smart Cities By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
PAKISTANI urban planners have failed miserably to plan safe and livable cities for us. Instead of serving as engines of …
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A Globally-Connected Europe By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
The European Union’s foreign ministers have agreed to work on a global infrastructure plan to link Europe with the world. …
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The BRI and Syria By Arhama Siddiqa
While taking the oath to officiate to reaffirm his authority as Syria’s President for a further seven years, Bashar al-Assad …
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Why the Quad Alarms China By Kevin Rudd
When former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited officials from Australia, India, and the United States to meet in Manila …
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The AJK Surprise | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan has pulled another surprise, this time in AJK, by appointing Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the …
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The Afghan Refugee By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
PRETTY much all states deploy facts selectively to sustain their national ideologies, inconvenient truths glossed over to maintain the façade …
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Pak-Russia Ties: Prospects and Challenges By Wali Ejaz Nekokara
Pak-Russia relations are a saga of mistrust. There are three main periods in which a trust deficit was triggered between …
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US-EU Three Seas Initiative vs Russia & China By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
APPARENTLY, with the Biden Administration’s glaring slogan that America is back, a new resurrection in the transatlantic relationship seems to …
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Peace Conference | Editorial
Senior officials confirmed on Monday that Pakistan has decided to shelve the Afghanistan Peace Conference because of the Afghan government’s …
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Widening Deficit | Editorial
Pakistan kicked off the new financial year with a trade deficit worth $3.058 billion, an estimated 81.4 percent. Through restricting …
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A Deal With Russia On Afghanistan May Give US a Chance To Save Face By Djoomart Otorbaev
During their June 16 Geneva summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly offered US President Joe Biden the use of Russian …
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We Cannot Stand By and Watch Afghanistan Collapse By Kai Eide and Tadamichi Yamamoto
The past few months in Afghanistan, even by the standards set by two decades of war, have been especially calamitous. …
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The US Question | Editorial
Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf is in the US attempting to discuss Pakistan-US relations with his counterpart, Jake Sullivan. …
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Afghanistan Needs a Broad-Based Solution Amid Taleban’s Onslaught By Waqar Mustafa
As I start writing these lines, reports pour in of an attack on the residence of Afghanistan’s defence minister. Not …
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Way Forward for CPEC | Editorial
News that General (r) Asim Bajwa resigned as CPEC Authority chairman as soon as Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Khalid …
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