FO appalled at BJP’s hand in 2002 riots

Islamabad: Pakistan expressed grave concern on Sunday over the confirmation of direct involvement of the leadership of India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the horrific Gujarat riots that killed more than ...

USAID cancellation — an opportunity in adversity?

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order that put on hold for 90 days all USAID and State Department programmes. In these 90 days all programmes would be reviewed and a decision made to cancel them, ...

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From pressuring and isolating to bullying Iran

When events are filtered through time and space, they give us patterns that help us formulate future projections. In international relations, resembling current circumstances and arrangements with past patterns greatly aid in dr...

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Crime in Kashmore

In Kashmore, Kandhkot, Tangwani, Badani and Ghouspur towns of Kashmore district, 'peace' is merely a brief interval of fear, insecurity and uncertainty between murders, kidnappings and extortion. Even these periods of peace are ...

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Fighting extremism through education

What has ailed Pakistan since its very inception is not external enemies but internal challenges. Extremism, terrorism, insurgencies and radicalisation, intensified by the government's inadequate policies to address them, have w...

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A digital leap forward

Pakistan's internet landscape is set for a revolution with Starlink's entry into the market. The satellite-based service, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has received provisional approval to operate in the country, marking a sig...

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