Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan must continue irrespective of challenges in other areas of bilateral relations, as sustained economic engagement can serve as a...
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Strategic Role of Ethanol Blending and Sugar Industry Byproducts in Addressing Pakistan’s Energy and Fertilizer Crisis
At a time of rising fuel import dependence and fertilizer supply uncertainty, this policy letter by engineers Arshad Abbasi and Musa Abbasi highlights how Pakistan’s sugar...
Iran Will Not Lose The War
By Sohaib Syed Around 3 weeks into the war with Iran, the United States seems to have settled on four primary objectives: (1) destroying Iran’s navy; (2) destroying Iran’s...
One Price, Unequal Burden: Rethinking Fuel Pricing in Pakistan
Engineer Arshad H Abbasi Why should a labourer on a motorbike pay the same fuel price as the owner of a Toyota Land Cruiser 300? This piece exposes the hidden injustice in...
Gwadar: A Decade of Unfulfilled Promises
By Imtiaz Gul and Shahana Naseer Introduction: Vision, Investment, and the Question of Credibility Gwadar occupies a strategically significant geographic position at the...
Are Kabul and Kandahar at Odds Over the TTP?
By Imtiaz Gul Kabul and Kandahar do not appear to be fully aligned on the issue of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). What initially seemed to be Kandahar’s position that the...
Significance of Tribal Jirgas in Pakistan–Afghanistan Security Dialogue
Since the resurgence of Taliban-linked militancy in Pakistan after 2021, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and parts of Balochistan, the country’s counter-terrorism...
Organizational Structures and Security Implications of TTP and IS-K in Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has re-emerged as a central security concern due to a sustained increase in terrorist activity across Pakistan. A key aspect of TTP’s operational...
Balochistan Violence: Reality Lost To Inconsistency
By Mohammad Nafees Balochistan continues to reel from violence. It also suffers not only because of a crisis of governance but of credibility. And that is rooted in the maze of...
Balochistan’s Educated Militants, Push and Pull Factors
Decades of marginalization, unfulfilled rights, and exclusion from political and economic opportunity have made armed struggle an appealing, if tragic, path for the Baloch...
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