The Big Picture

The number of women among reporters has fallen from 16 per cent in 2020 to a troubling four per cent in 2025

Operation Ghazab Lil Haq reset deterrence, improved coordination, and signaled Pakistan’s firmer western posture

Iran’s retaliatory capacity could not be neutralized despite overwhelming power, complete air superiority

Safeguarding economic interests like GSP+ is vital as Pakistan balances dissent with national stability, global trust

Pakistan’s strikes, rising militancy and shifting alliances reshape South Asia’s fragile security landscape

Amid US–Israel strikes and Iranian reprisals, Islamabad’s hedging strategy may be its strongest shield

The more plausible danger in the near term is not nuclear use, but nuclear coercion

Forensic explanation that eventually dismantles the lie is inevitably slower, more technical, and far less shareable

These dramatic events have unfolded against a backdrop of symbolic political theatre

US expands flexibility at home while pressing Beijing to accept new limits