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Pakistan: A trusted-voice for global peace mediation

AMID the potentially evolving Middle East crisis, Pakistan Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Gen Asim Munir, held a significant phone call with...

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Pakistan Observer

Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Unmasking Indo-Afghan disinformation network!

IN the modern era of hybrid warfare, the battlefield has shifted from physical borders to the digital screens of millions. A sophisticated and highly...

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Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Video fiasco

PUBLIC health facilities have been plagued by scandal for too long. Recently, Lahore’s Lady Willingdon Hospital...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Oil price shock incoming

Oil price shock incoming

Why have physical shortages taken so long to materialise? The answer is that the world started stockpiling oil in huge quantities through most of...

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Dawn

Khurram Husain

Five-point plan

China’s backing for peace talks brings the weight of a global player to the efforts of Pakistan and other regional states.

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Education interrupted

THE war in the Middle East has had several unanticipated consequences, among them one which requires a little more...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Pakistan’s Diplomacy at Top

Pakistan,a country that is currently at a war both internally and externally; steps up to mediate peace between the US and Iran as reported by...

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Screen addiction and social media: A modern-day dilemma

SCREEN addiction—particularly excessive use of social media on mobile phones—has become a growing concern for families worldwide. As digital...

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Pakistan Observer

Abdul Basit Khan

Lions and lambs

Lions and lambs

Netanyahu’s true education began when he joined the army.

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Dawn

F.s. Aijazuddin

Gwadar’s Chance

Gwadar’s Chance

Gwadar’s Chance April 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

India — strategic and military quagmire

GEOGRAPHY is destiny. You can be friends or enemies, but cannot change the geography destined for the two neighbours, India and Pakistan. Today Indian...

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Pakistan Observer

Brig Tariq Khalil

Peace on Durrand

Peace on Durrand

Peace on Durrand April 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Pakistan’s initiative for peace

A war is being fought in the Middle East and a war is being fought by Pakistan. There is a major difference between the two. The war imposed on Iran...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Farooq Adil

New Trends in European Elections

New Trends in European Elections

The more than one hundred-year-old divide in European politics between the right and left is beginning to fade. Radical left parties once challenged...

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The Nation

Atle Hetland

Ominous Timing

Ominous Timing

Ominous Timing April 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Autism and war

Autism and war

Today is World Autism Awareness Day.

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Dawn

Rukhsana Shah

BLA: Violence Against the People It Claims to Represent

For years, Balochistan has remained at the center of a complex and persistent security crisis. The recent attack on the Kotra Police Station in Jhal...

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Pakistan Observer

Tania Wafa

Cartoon

Cartoon

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Reputational damage

For most Pakistanis, seeking justice through a defamation suit is an endless marathon. Cases languish for years, bogged down by a legal system rife...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

IMF tightrope

Pakistan's fiscal tightrope has rarely looked as precarious as it does today. The latest round of negotiations with the IMF has once again...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Five-point plan: the way to go

As escalation is the order of the day, the five-point plan proposed by China and Pakistan could act as a deterrence in realising a peace format. The...

1

The Express Tribune

Editorial

An Afghan Odyssey

An Afghan Odyssey

Afghanistan has long been called the graveyard of empires, as numerous invaders have set foot on its soil, mostly to conquer it for its strategic...

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The Nation

Noor Humair

Pakistan's Role in Peace

Pakistan's Role in Peace

After the demise of the erstwhile Soviet Union, the balance of power arrangements agreed at the end of WW2 started unravelling rapidly. Besides the...

10

The Nation

Lt gen naeem lodhi

Cartoon

Cartoon

Cartoon April 01, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Cartoons Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Lessons from leadership decapitation and Iran’s mosaic defense

Decapitation is a strategy of deliberate targeted removal of national or organizational leaders to effect collapse of opponents’ regime/chain of...

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The Express Tribune Blog

Dr zafar ali

Five-point proposal shows commitment to push for end to the conflict

Five-point proposal shows commitment to push for end to the conflict

The recent joint attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian cities, followed by Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone strikes, have pushed...

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The Frontier Post (Editorial)

The Frontier Post

Leadership in simplicity What Pakistan can learn from Mark Rutte

LEADERSHIP, at its finest, is not measured by grandeur, privilege or display of power—it is measured by character, restraint and service. The tenure...

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Pakistan Observer

Feroz Jahangir Shah

Crises and institutions

Crises and institutions

During the past one month of the crisis, the NSC has not met even once.

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Dawn

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

A strategic neglect

The global contest for power is being redefined, not by oil, nor by traditional trade routes, but by control over critical minerals. Copper, lithium...

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The Express Tribune

Durdana Najam

Iran - boots on the ground

In a jumbled effort to obtain an off-ramp, the US is claiming to have changed the regime in Iran through sustained assassinations of Tehran's top...

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The Express Tribune

Inam Ul Haque

Israel's changing greed

I came across an elderly lady in a grocery store struggling with paying for her groceries which, truth be told, was a measly quantity barely even...

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The Express Tribune

Imran Jan