NA passes amended bill on enforced disappearances

Islamabad: The National Assembly on Friday passed the Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2022 related to enforced disappearances after the change in clause 514 – that carried a punishment of five years for the complainant if they co...

2025 – Mideast, extremism and Pakistan

The violence in Gaza is a powder keg, with extremist groups poised to exploit the narrative of 'us against them' perhaps like never before. Once, or rather if, the dust in Gaza starts settling down, the extremist narrative would...

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Time to refresh our Liddle Hart

Captain B H Liddle Hart was a British historian and a military theorist from the period between the two great wars. His most famous theory still taught at military schools and war colleges around the world is of the indirect str...

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From Los Angeles to Gaza

It has been a while since the air over Los Angeles has been thick with smoke due to this year's first wildfires. Flames have ravaged some of the most prestigious US neighbourhoods, engulfing the mansions of many high-profile cel...

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Climate resilience imperatives

Given the doom and gloom surrounding climate change, and the lackluster response to this challenge by powerful countries and international aid agencies, news of on-ground efforts to contend with emergent climate threats are much...

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Much-needed respite

After 15 months of relentless conflict, Israel and Hamas have reached a tentative ceasefire and hostage release agreement, brokered by Qatar and the US. While this development signals a potential pause in the violence that has r...

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