Catastrophic Impact of Climate Change in South Asia

Taliban’s Pashtun-dominated rule sidelines minorities, combining political exclusion, religious repression, and systemic marginalization.

Afghanistan’s Ethnic Landscape and Taliban Rule

SAT Commentary February 14, 2026

Afghanistan has historically been a mosaic of ethnic identities rather than a homogenous nation-state. Pashtuns constitute roughly 40–45% of the population, followed by Tajiks (25–30%),

Analysis of Balochistan’s security landscape, where militancy exploits socio-economic grievances even as CPEC-driven investments seek stability through infrastructure, education, and connectivity.

Balochistan’s Challenge: Development, Dissent, and the Danger of Militant Exploitation

SAT Commentary February 14, 2026

Analysis of Balochistan’s security landscape, where militancy exploits socio-economic grievances even as CPEC-driven investments seek stability through infrastructure, education, and connectivity.

The Taliban has created four new battalions in the Badghis and Farah provinces.

Afghanistan’s Northern Frontier: From Peripheral Instability to Eurasian Security Concern

SAT Commentary February 13, 2026

Afghanistan’s north fuels cross-border militancy, drone attacks, and drug trafficking, prompting CSTO, CIS & SCO security action.

World Cancer Day: Prevention meets nuclear tech in the global fight for accessible, life-saving cancer care.

World Cancer Day: Atoms Save Lives

Hira Bashir February 10, 2026

For more than five decades the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has developed a nationwide network of twenty Atomic Energy Cancer Hospitals, the recent one constructed in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. These hospitals treat over 40,000 new cancer patients every year where around one million cancer-related procedures performed annually. Together, they treat approximately 80 percent of the country’s cancer burden.

India’s continued non-compliance with PCA directives under IWT exposes a pattern of ignoring international law while Pakistan upholds treaty obligations.

Pakistan, India and the Indus Waters Treaty: Compliance, Silence and Accountability

SAT Commentary February 10, 2026

India’s failure to provide operational data for Baglihar and Kishanganga hydro projects underscores a persistent pattern of ignoring international obligations. Pakistan’s adherence to PCA directives reinforces its position as a compliance-focused treaty partner, while India’s silence carries both legal and reputational consequences.

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