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Tragedy in Turbat: Sufyan Baloch and the Hijacking of Youth by Extremist Ideologues

Tragedy in Turbat: Sufyan Baloch and the Hijacking of Youth by Extremist Ideologues

On July 22, 2025, Sufyan Baloch, a student, turned turned militant, got killed during a security operation against terrorists in Turbat, Balochistan. At just 25, he had a university degree, access to government-sponsored scholarships, and a promising future. But by the time of his death, he was a armed terrorist affiliated with the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

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The Kashmir Equation

Geopolitics Date: June 4, 20 The Kashmir Equation: Rethinking Strategy Amid Shifting Geopolitics IN-PERSON EVENT SAT Web Administrator 4 June, 2025 Share 4 June 2025

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Pakistan to Lead UN Sanctions on Taliban in 2025

Pakistan’s appointment as Chair of the UN Taliban Sanctions Committee in 2025 marks a strategic diplomatic milestone, granting it significant influence over international sanctions policy, Afghan stability, and global counterterrorism efforts.

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Archives 2024

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After the Airstrikes

Trading of missile strikes between Iran & Pakistan was a bizarre episode. But the question is, what comes next, now that tensions have dialed down?

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Pakistan-Iran Crisis: Check or Checkmate?

The Pakistan-Iran Crisis unfolds like a geopolitical chessboard—from the Iranian strikes to Telegram messages and propaganda. Was the Iranian strike a calculated strategic move or an unforeseen misstep?

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AJK unrest erupts as grievances over resource management and government transparency simmer. Will Pakistan address these concerns? [Image: WAPDA]

Decoding AJK Unrest

AJK unrest erupts as grievances over resource management and government transparency simmer. Will Pakistan address these concerns?

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From India’s naval rise to the US-China rivalry and Pakistan’s upcoming AMAN, the Indian Ocean is becoming a new battleground for global influence. [Image via Alamy]

The Indian Ocean Power Play

From India’s naval rise to the US-China rivalry and Pakistan’s upcoming AMAN, the Indian Ocean is becoming a new battleground for global influence.

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Archives 2023

India: The Misogynistic Wave of Saffron Terror

India: The Misogynistic Wave of Saffron Terror

An in-depth analysis of recent incidents of violence against women in India will reveal the institutionalized cycle of marginalization and misogyny in this time period, which is sometimes referred to as the “Saffron Terror” era.

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Leadership: Between Romanticism and Realism

For centuries, what constitutes good leadership has been an intriguing subject. In South Asia, such paradoxes in theories in the context of nation-building are exemplified by the propensity of the general public to transform their enthusiasm into slavish loyalty.

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India: On Defeatism and Ideology

In view of certain objectionable remarks that have emerged, it is vital to remember that ideology—not hypocrisy—should be the master. If the hypocrisy generated of lethargy and cowardice is not eradicated, it will feed defeatism, which is unwarranted and destructive.

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India Under the BJP: A Reign of Bigotry

India Under the BJP: A Reign of Bigotry

Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India, Muslim minorities in particular have been compelled to endure life as second-class citizens in what is referred to as the largest democracy in the world.

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BRI Carries Religion Through Gilgit Baltistan

BRI Carries Religion Through Gilgit Baltistan

Communities united by religious beliefs and divided by borders have a chance to connect back through the grand CPEC, speaking of Pakistan\’s Gilgit Baltistan and China\’s northwest. Sustainable livelihoods, education, and health facilities can help eradicate religious extremism also.

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CPEC: Differing Views In Gilgit Baltistan

CPEC: Differing Views In Gilgit Baltistan

People of Gilgit Baltistan are receptive to the opportunities that CPEC has to offer but concerns pertaining climate and environmental risks posed by infrastructure as well as increasing tourism influx need addressal.

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Our Gold Mine of Baloch Youth

Our Gold Mine of Baloch Youth

Pakistan’s youth holds immense power to shape the nation’s future trajectory. Discover how investing in their education, skills, and employment opportunities can lead to positive outcomes.

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Modi: The Defeat in Karnataka Elections

The defeat of Narendra Modi and the BJP in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections raises serious questions about the future of India\’s political landscape, as well as the implications for neighboring Pakistan.

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Iran-Afghan Water Treaty Crisis

The Iran-Afghanistan water conflict holds implications for Pakistan due to its significant diplomatic ties with both countries and its vulnerability to climate change as a water recipient from the Kabul River without a formal treaty.

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Melting Glaciers: A Threat to South Asian Topography

Melting glaciers in South Asia are triggering a profound transformation with far-reaching consequences. Pakistan\’s vulnerability to this crisis comes sharply into focus, as shrinking ice sheets threaten water resources, agricultural stability, and even national security.

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India at G20: Is the Glitter Just Surface Deep?

As India prepares to take the spotlight at the G20 Summit, it\’s essential to question whether this glittering opportunity signifies a genuine commitment to address pressing concerns or if it merely serves as a facade. The issues of rising inflation, extremism, Islamophobia, and the Kashmir situation cast a shadow on India\’s international image.

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A Turbulent Af-Pak Again?

The internal discourse in Pakistan and Afghanistan, once again, has started revolving around “who started the fire?” Both countries should know there is little to gain from this.

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Archives 2022

The QUAD II

What seemed like an extraordinary alliance under the name of QUAD began to fade away by 2007 until its revival in 2017. Since then maritime affairs and security have become a prime focus and all QUAD members are aligning their maritime disputes through this platform.

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The Cowed Indian Aspirations

India has long prioritized its naval development and maritime strategy to materialize its ambitions of becoming the net security provider in the Indian Ocean Region. But with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India\’s Maritime Strategy has become a real challenge for itself. The real test is to strike a balance between its alignment with Russia and a rather newly-found geostrategic convergence with the West and the US.

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Taliban India Ties Post-August 2021

Taliban India Ties Post-August 2021

Well aware of the fact, that cash-strapped Afghanistan under the Taliban is in dire need of economic assistance and International recognition, India, by leveraging its economic clout, and political reach is once again trying to influence the foreign policy of Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan food crisis is one of the major regional issues, and situation has further deteriorated since the fall of Kabul in August 2021.

Afghanistan Food Crisis: Bread for Every Breath

Afghanistan food crisis is one of the major issues in Afghanistan, and the situation has further deteriorated since the fall of Kabul. Considering the principle of \”Jus Post Bellum\”, who is responsible for the misery, and what can be done in this regard?

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Hashtag Wars and Afghanistan

Hashtag Wars and Afghanistan

The thing about hashtag wars is that their foundations are very shallow and are based on inaccuracies. Unfortunately, these trends in the contemporary period have an influence regardless of their credibility.

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Was Pakistan Hiding Osama bin Laden?

Was Pakistan Hiding Osama bin Laden?

The killing of Osama bin Ladin has been made the Pakistani Achilles\’ heel despite the fact that it was the effective intelligence sharing of Pakistan\’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) with the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which led to the whereabouts of bin Laden. 

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The Silk Roads

Book Review: The Silk Roads

The rise of China at breakneck speed and the growing influence of Russia in the International Political arena after its invasion of Ukraine, are some of the things which Frankopan had already predicted in The Silk Roads: A New History of the World.

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SCO Summit 2022: An Overview

SCO Summit 2022: An Overview

The SCO Summit 2022 is yet another reminder of the significance of the organization\’s geostrategic scope and its membership in shared aspirations of regional connectivity. With theorized shifts in the global order, the degree of actualization of that vision remains to be seen.

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To Mourn or Not to Mourn, That is the Question

To Mourn or Not to Mourn, That is the Question

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has drawn varied reactions, including renewed anger from nations once subjected to British colonialism. To them, the occasion is yet another moment of reckoning; an opportunity to reveal the darker side of the extraordinary grandeur symbolized by the British Crown.

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Pakistan floods expose the wrath of climate crisis on unprepared nations [Image via Al Jazeera]

Climate Crisis and Floods: Natural Disaster or Own Folies?

Despite the attention the world is now giving to the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, the question of responsibility and early prevention is still not ruled out. Lack of preventive strategies at home and indifference of the global powers to climate change remain the leading factors that brought on this havoc on vulnerable populations.

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October 8: Of Tremors and Resilience

October 8: Of Tremors and Resilience

Through its apocalyptic imagery, October 8 has since its tragic dawn in 2005 captured the zenith of both loss and resilience of the Pakistani nation faced with the continual threat of earthquakes. What does the risk analysis infer?

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US and Afghanistan: Old Foes, New Times

US and Afghanistan: Old Foes, New Times

Recent talks between the US and Taliban officials offer a glimpse of hope for renewed engagement between the two countries, but existing fissures will demand greater effort and transformed strategies to cultivate durable peace.

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Joyland: A Gender Rebellions

The controversy over the domestic release of the Pakistani film ‘Joyland’ brings to the fore the larger debate on mainstreaming LGBTQ discourse under the garb of artistic liberties and their compliance or lack thereof in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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COP27: Unraveling ‘Loss and Damage’

COP27: Unraveling ‘Loss and Damage’

From the reluctance of the rich to the pressure of the vulnerable, the journey to COP27 has been one of prevailing duplicity and limitations, notably from the major contributors to emissions, on whom the ultimate success of climate justice depends.

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Role of Muslim Bengal in the Pakistan Independence Movement

Role of Muslim Bengal in the Pakistan Independence Movement

To understand the role of Bengal in the history of India and Pakistan in general and in the independence movement in particular, it has to be understood that Bengal’s role has been greatly influenced by its unique geography, demography, cultural shifts, and history.

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Language Agitation in East Bengal

Language Agitation in East Bengal

Iqbal, Pakistan’s supposed ideologue, rejected language, race, or land as a basis for nationhood and advocated Islam as the primary basis for the yet-to-be-born Pakistan.

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Pakistani Politics in the 1950s and the First Martial Law

Pakistani Politics in the 1950s and the First Martial Law

Aside from geography, there were important differences between East and West Pakistan related to culture, climate, economy, and security requirements. These differences between the two wings were a major cause of deadlock  in the constitution-making process of the new state and eventually led to the First Martial Law.

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Archives 2021

14 July 2001 – Pak India Agra Summit

14 July 2001 – Pak India Agra Summit

14th July holds seminal importance in the history of South Asia, especially in the context of post-conflict rapprochement that took place between contentious states of India and Pakistan. This ice melting came in the form of the bilateral Agra Summit, held in the Indian city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh.

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