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Monday, December 1, 2025

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Military is Rewriting Pakistan’s Democracy and Its Politicians Are Helping

In this military power grab, the role of Pakistan’s major political parties has been one of facilitation. Pakistan is living

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Siddhant Kishore November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 Asim Munir powers, Baloch insurgency, Chief of Defense Forces Pakistan, India Pakistan tensions, Indo-Pak conflict, military centralization Pakistan, nuclear decision-making, nuclear escalation risks, Pakistan 27th Amendment, Pakistan authoritarianism, Pakistan China security, Pakistan civil-military relations, Pakistan constitutional amendment, Pakistan counterterrorism, Pakistan democracy crisis, Pakistan governance crisis, Pakistan internal security, Pakistan military dominance, Pakistan military rule, Pakistan national security, Pakistan nuclear arsenal control, Pakistan nuclear command, Pakistan nuclear doctrine, Pakistan political instability, Pakistan strategic command, South Asia security, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: A Nuclear-Armed State in One Man’s Hands

What Pakistan has surrendered in return is the institutional balance that once provided guardrails against rash escalation. In Islamabad, history

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Arun Anand November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 26/11 attacks, Arun Anand article, Asim Munir remarks, counterterrorism cooperation, geopolitical analysis Pakistan, India Pakistan relations, international security Pakistan, ISI support terrorism, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Pakistan dump truck analogy, Pakistan instability strategy, Pakistan military doctrine, Pakistan military establishment, Pakistan proxy terrorism, Pakistan strategic disruption, regional security South Asia, South Asia geopolitics, South Asia terrorism, terrorism state sponsorship

The Dump Truck Doctrine: Pakistan’s Strategy of Disruption that Keeps Terror Alive in South Asia

Seen from such a lens, Asim Munir’s use of analogies like ‘dump truck’ or the ‘railway engine’ are not harmless

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Osama Rawal November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 communal tensions India, counter-extremism strategies, counterterrorism introspection, critical perspective Delhi blast, critique of political hypocrisy, Delhi attack 2025, Delhi blast analysis, Hindutva and Islam debate, ideological extremism analysis, ideological motivations terrorism, India current affairs 2025, left liberal discourse India, media narratives India, national security India, political narratives India, public discourse India, radicalisation debate India, radicalisation of educated individuals, social commentary India, terrorism and education

A Hypocrisy That Is Dripping: A Critical Perspective on the Delhi Blast

A community that refuses to ask hard questions cannot meaningfully oppose the violence committed in its name. The Delhi blast

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Omer Waziri November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Afghan peace process, Afghan-Pakistan relations, afghanistan, border tensions, cross-border conflict, international security analysis, Islamabad policy, Kabul relations, militant resurgence, pakistan, Regional Geopolitics, South Asia security, South Asian politics, taliban, TTP

The Rise of Afghan Autonomy and Pakistan’s Grip Slipping Away

A return to the zero-sum mentality that dominated earlier epochs — where Kabul was binary: allied or hostile — will

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Anwar Alam November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 1971 Liberation War legacy, Anwar A Khan, Awami League, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh coup allegations, Bangladesh crisis 2024, Bangladesh military politics, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh unrest, Dhanmondi 32 attack, geopolitical interference Bangladesh, Jamaat BNP nexus, minority persecution Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus interim government, political instability Bangladesh, Saint Martin’s Island geopolitics, sheikh hasina, South Asia Politics, student movement Bangladesh, Western intelligence agencies

OPINION: The Orchestrated Downfall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh

Hyenas of the defeated forces of 1971 now roam unchallenged. A medieval darkness has descended upon the sacred land of

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Michael Arizanti November 13, 2025 Amnesty International Pakistan, Bolo Bhi digital rights, civic space shrinking Pakistan, digital repression Pakistan, enforced disappearances Pakistan, EU foreign policy Pakistan, European Union Pakistan relations, human rights diplomacy, Human Rights Watch Pakistan, internet freedom Pakistan, online censorship Pakistan, Pakistan 27th Amendment debate, Pakistan civil liberties, Pakistan democracy crisis, Pakistan digital censorship, Pakistan freedom of expression, Pakistan human rights crisis, Pakistan internet shutdowns, Pakistan journalists abductions, Pakistan media blackout, Pakistan military influence, Pakistan protest crackdowns, Pakistan surveillance laws, PECA amendments, PEMRA censorship

Europe’s Silence on Pakistan: Digital Repression, Zero Accountability

European states and institutions face a choice. They can treat Pakistan’s clampdown as a bilateral stability problem — useful to

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Arun Anand November 13, 2025 27th Constitutional Amendment, Asim Munir, Ayub Khan, Chief of Defence Forces Pakistan, constitutional amendment Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, military supremacy in Pakistan, National Command Authority Pakistan, Pakistan army influence, Pakistan civil-military relations, Pakistan Constitution Article 243, Pakistan governance, Pakistan military, Pakistan military dominance, Pakistan nuclear command, Pakistan political crisis, Pakistan politics analysis, Pakistan power consolidation, Pakistani democracy, Pervez Musharraf, Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Shehbaz Sharif government, Zia-ul-Haq

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: Munir’s Quiet Military Takeover

This clause would mark the first time in Pakistan’s history that the entire military chain of command is legally and

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Siddhant Kishore October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Asim Munir, counterterrorism in South Asia, digital jihad financing, FATF Pakistan, hafiz saeed, Islamabad counterterror narrative, Jaishe-e-Mohammad, Jem, JeM digital wallets, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Masood Azhar, Operation Sindoor, Pakistan counterterrorism, Pakistan digital terror funding, Pakistan diplomatic paradox, Pakistan extremism, Pakistan foreign policy, Pakistan grey list, Pakistan India relations, Pakistan international credibility, Pakistan jihadist groups, Pakistan militant networks, Pakistan military doctrine, Pakistan regional security, Pakistan safe havens, Pakistan SCO RATS, Pakistan state-sponsored terrorism, Pakistan terror proxies, Pakistan terrorism complicity, Pakistan terrorism hypocrisy, Pakistan terrorism leadership, Pakistan terrorism paradox, Pakistan terrorism policy, Pakistan terrorism sponsorship, Pakistan US relations, Pakistan women jihad units, regional counterterror cooperation, Talha Saeed, terror financing in Pakistan, terror hubs in Pakistan, terrorism in South Asia, terrorism sponsorship, US Pakistan policy

Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Paradox: The Irony of Leadership and Complicity

Until Pakistan matches words with actions, its participation in regional counterterror frameworks will remain a facade. When Pakistan assumed the chair of the

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Arun Anand October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Afghan Taliban Pakistan, ANP Pakistan, Awami National Party, Bacha Khan, counterterrorism operations Pakistan, Durand Line conflict, enforced disappearances Pakistan, ethnic politics Pakistan, FATA merger, Frontier Gandhi, human rights violations Pakistan Army, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inequality, missing persons Pakistan, Pakistan Afghanistan relations, Pakistan ethnic tensions, Pakistan internal conflict, Pakistan proxy wars, Pakistan security policy, Pakistan war on terror, Pakistani military repression, Pashtun discrimination, Pashtun human rights, Pashtun identity, Pashtun marginalisation, Pashtun nationalism, Pashtun rights movement, Pashtun socio-economic inequality, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Pashtun–Punjabi relations, Pashtunistan movement, PTM, Punjabi dominance Pakistan, Punjabi state Pakistan, Rah-e-Rast, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, tribal areas Pakistan, TTP, U.S. drone strikes Pakistan, Zarb-e-Azb

Pashtun Nationalism and the Punjabi State: Pakistan’s Unfinished War Within

For the Pashtun people, questioning Pakistan Army’s role and pointing its misconduct in the tribal belt is to invite accusations

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