From Isolation to Integration
It was no normal day in Kabul on the 20th of August 2025. The city, once ravaged by war and suspicion, welcomed an event...
A Friend in Need?
The quiet but insistent demonstrations by Afghan refugee families in many streets of New Delhi have been going on as they focus on the...
A New Chapter in Diplomacy
The history between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been marked with suspicion, lack of equality, and missed potential, especially in recent history. It is in...
The Perils of Bilateralism: Why South Asia Needs a New Diplomatic Imagination
The long-standing disputes in South Asia, especially the India-Pakistan standoff, have been hard to solve using traditional methods. Diplomacy, which is commonly hailed as...
From Plato to Populism: The Crisis of Democracy as a Moral Idea
The idea of democracy has been more than a political system over centuries; from Plato’s Republic to the rise of twenty-first-century populism, it has...
The Subtle Art of Modern Propaganda
The truth no longer arrives in black and white. It scrolls, streams, and trends. The battlefield has shifted. Not with soldiers on the ground...
May 7 Aggression: India’s Breach, Pakistan’s Right
On May 7, 2025, India carried out an unprovoked military strike against Pakistan, targeting nine civilian and religious sites. Justified under the pretense of...
What is Justice in a Post-Truth World?
In a world after the truth, justice is not any longer the blindfolded figure standing fiercely over a pair of scales; it is now...
When Ideology Became Law
In a coastal courtroom in a mid-sized European capital, an elderly woman in a blue coat stands trial for sheltering undocumented migrants. The prosecutor...
Pakistan Leaps into the Digital Age
With its decisive role at LEAP 2025 in Riyadh and the DNP Act of 2025—which officially developed into Pakistan’s Digital Nation—the narrative of Pakistan’s...