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India’s Anti-Pakistan Strategy Is Backfiring — Region Can’t Afford Its Recklessness

This is not the first time India has resorted to indirect aggression against Pakistan. Following the recent Pahalgam incident, India did not launch a conventional attack from its eastern border, but its involvement in destabilising Pakistan is evidenced by two major developments. As Defence Minister Khwaja Asif revealed in a statement, India has been supplying […]

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India’s Pahalgam Blame Game Backfires as Pakistan Shows Maturity

Opinion / Web Desk

In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, India rushed to point fingers at Pakistan—an act many see as hasty, poorly calculated, and scripted more like a Bollywood thriller than a serious geopolitical response. Despite no concrete evidence and with no arrests made, India quickly launched a blame campaign, cancelled visas, shut down the Wagah border,

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India’s Culture of Denial: How Blame-Shifting Masks Kashmir’s Reality

Opinion / Web Desk

Syed Akhtar Ali Shah Blaming others for its internal failures has become a deeply entrenched habit of India. In the absence of evidence, New Delhi has repeatedly chosen to inflame emotions and distort realities rather than confront the truth. This pattern of deception is once again visible in its latest accusations. The Kashmiri freedom

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India’s Panic Playbook: How the Pahalgam Attack Triggered a Scripted Storm of Blame, Blunders, and Diplomatic Meltdown

Opinion / Web Desk

The recent Pahalgam attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, which resulted in the death of 25 individuals including three officers, has sparked a swift and aggressive reaction from the Indian government. However, behind the smokescreen of rage and retaliation, two stark realities emerge: one, India wasted no time in blaming Pakistan without presenting credible evidence or awaiting

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Dar’s Kabul Visit—A Step Forward, But Don’t Expect Miracles

Opinion / Web Desk

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s recent one-day visit to Kabul is being seen by many as a diplomatic attempt to thaw tense relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. But expecting too much from a single-day trip involving just three high-level meetings may be unrealistic. Dar’s engagements with Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan

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Afghan Government Pledges to Shut Down Suicide Bomber Training Camps After Talks with Pakistan

Opinion / Web Desk

In a significant diplomatic development, the Afghan government has confirmed the existence of suicide bomber training camps operating within Afghanistan’s borders during the visit of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, to Kabul. This revelation comes amidst heightened concerns in Pakistan over the increasing number of terrorist attacks, particularly suicide bombings, carried

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India’s Growing Influence in Afghanistan: A Proxy Strategy to Destabilize Pakistan

Opinion / Yusufzai Aqib

In the volatile geopolitical landscape of South Asia, the triangular relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India has become increasingly tense. While Pakistan continues to face deadly terrorist attacks and an unrelenting security crisis, emerging evidence and diplomatic trends suggest India is leveraging its growing ties with the Taliban-led Afghanistan to wage a covert proxy war

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Syrian Islamists Resurface in Afghanistan, Rattling India and Central Asia

Opinion / Web Desk

Battle-hardened Syrian Islamists of Central Asian origin have re-emerged in Afghanistan, raising serious alarms across the region, according to The Economic Times. Their presence in provinces like Badakhshan, Baghlan, and Herat threatens to destabilise not only Taliban-controlled Afghanistan but also spill over into Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and India. Kyrgyzstan, though not sharing a border with Afghanistan,

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Hybrid Warfare and the Media: The Silent Battle for Perception

Opinion / Web Desk

Zahir Shah Sherazi The global media landscape has undergone a profound transformation. What was once dominated by print and traditional electronic media—where editors ensured journalistic balance and adherence to professional standards—has now been overtaken by the unregulated rise of e-media and social platforms. This shift has opened the door for disinformation, bias, and narrative

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The Need for a Unified National Narrative Against Terrorism

Opinion / Web Desk

Aqeel Yousafzai For the past several years, Pakistan’s two provinces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have remained under the shadow of terrorism. Attacks like the one on the Jaffar Express and others across the country have prompted security forces to become more active than ever before. Encouragingly, over the last month, a visible decline in

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