Why Haibatullah’s Authority Is Crumbling
For more than two years, the Taliban leadership in Kandahar projected an image of absolute control. Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the self-styled supreme
PAKISTAN’S JOURNEY TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAN GOVERNANCE
Pakistan’s governance landscape has been portrayed for decades through a limited perspective that reduces it to an unchanging cycle of institutional fragility,
Getting Every Child in School
Pakistan’s nationwide effort to deal with the huge problem of 22 to 26 million children who are not in school is more
Why Russia Is Sounding the Alarm
Russia’s renewed warnings about the expanding influence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan highlight a troubling and increasingly complex security landscape that the
PAKISTAN’S PERSPECTIVE ON GSP+ STATUS
With the European Union’s upcoming review of Pakistan’s GSP+ status, Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis’ recent remarks that Pakistan must “do more” have sparked
Afghanistan’s Unbreakable Link to the Global Drug Trade
It is hard to talk about Afghanistan without mentioning drugs. For decades, the country has been known as the world’s main supplier
China Rejects US Claims of Nuclear Weapons Testing
China has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegations regarding nuclear weapons testing, calling them “baseless and politically motivated.” In an official
Canada PM Apologizes to Trump Over Tariff Ad
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff advertisement that had strained
Sohail Afridi’s Election and Pakistan’s Terror Challenge
Sohail Afridi’s election as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister marks a new political change. This change is now being interpreted as the breaking
Pakistan’s View on Afghanistan, A Critical Moment
The Pakistan-Afghanistan relations has hit a rough patch again, driven by a steady wave of cross-border attacks from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
