Hard state, soft citizens
Pakistan can build fighter jets and broker peace deals, but can't stop FIA men from slapping citizens
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The corridor of chaos
Omay Aimen | Updated 3 hours agoThe shortest path from Central Asian gas to South Asian markets runs through Kabul, if allowed
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Trump-Xi summit in Beijing
Shahid Javed Burki | Updated 3 hours agoThe man who promised to sever ties with China may instead be on the verge of making them impossible to untangle
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Tyranny of small decisions
M Nadeem Nadir | Updated 3 hours agoNushirvan paid for his salt so petty theft would never become custom; we have long since stopped paying for anything
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From tariffs to Taiwan: what Trump learned in China
Kamran Yousaf | Updated 3 hours agoTrump secured what he called fantastic deals in Beijing, but the details remain as vague as the promises were grand
The four roads to SPSC
Ali Hassan Bangwar | Updated May 17, 2026The SPSC's four roads to success: money, connections, more connections, and last, ability
China visit: growing anarchy and despotism
Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Updated May 17, 2026Both the US and China will bend rules, shape dependencies and ignore smaller states
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Digital hygiene
Updated 3 hours agoA cybersecurity firm found 68% of passwords crack in under a day, signalling alarm
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Foreign hand in drug trade
Updated 3 hours agoAfrican crime networks are now embedded in Pakistan's drug trade, and authorities are only just noticing
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Provocative rhetoric
Updated 3 hours agoNuclear-armed states cannot afford the luxury of rhetorical bravado dressed up as strategic clarity
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No more bail
Updated May 17, 2026Pakistan's 2026 anti-rape amendment finally makes child sexual abuse non-bailable
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The corridor of chaos
Updated 3 hours agoThe shortest path from Central Asian gas to South Asian markets runs through Kabul, if allowed
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Trump-Xi summit in Beijing
Updated 3 hours agoThe man who promised to sever ties with China may instead be on the verge of making them impossible to untangle
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Tyranny of small decisions
Updated 3 hours agoNushirvan paid for his salt so petty theft would never become custom; we have long since stopped paying for anything
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From tariffs to Taiwan: what Trump learned in China
Updated 3 hours agoTrump secured what he called fantastic deals in Beijing, but the details remain as vague as the promises were grand
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The four roads to SPSC
Updated May 17, 2026The SPSC's four roads to success: money, connections, more connections, and last, ability
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Pakistan's AI push needs good governance
Updated May 17, 2026Pakistan is investing $1 billion in AI by 2030 without a governance framework to go with it
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Navigating the great Pakistani family transition
Updated May 16, 2026Material abundance, psychological fragility; Pakistan's children have everything except roots
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Misfortune cookie
Updated May 16, 2026When even peace overtures get weaponised, something has gone deeply wrong with the world's politics
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