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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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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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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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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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Occupation as Statecraft: Pakistan’s 1947 Kashmir Invasion and Its Endless Proxies

Pakistan was the aggressor in Kashmir. Pakistan has sabotaged Afghan sovereignty. Pakistan continues to deny Pashtuns self-determination. As a Swedish

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OPINION: Bangladesh’s War on Lawyers Under the Yunus Regime

The interim government’s influence extends deep into the judiciary. Judges are pressured; prosecutors are politicized. Instead of being released on

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OPINION: Mohammad Yunus turns Bangladesh into a Stage of Horror 

Co-Author SM Faiyaz Hossain Under the current interim regime, extrajudicial violence has not merely been tolerated; it has been routinized.

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OPINION: How the Yunus Interim Government Weaponized Justice in Bangladesh

Statistics cannot capture the sound of a cell door closing on a lawyer who once argued for others’ freedom. It

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OPINION: Pakistan’s Double Game on Afghanistan, Iran, and Palestine Has Hit a Dead End

This duality—preaching unity while practicing duplicity—has become Pakistan’s diplomatic hallmark. When the Taliban stormed into Kabul in August 2021, Pakistan’s

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OPINION: Why the Taliban Is Choosing India Over Pakistan

The decision to dispatch Muttaqi to New Delhi is therefore not just about outreach to India — it is also

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