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A plane at the new Gwadar Airport in Gwadar, Pakistan, on September 21, 2024. [Image: Tournée du Pakistan/Google Images].

Pakistan’s Gwadar Airport: A Grand Infrastructure Without Flights—What Went Wrong?

News Desk March 7, 2025

Why has Pakistan’s Gwadar Airport failed to take off, and what does this tell us about the country’s broader developmental challenges?

Six years after Balakot, South Asia’s security game has changed. Hybrid warfare, and China’s growing role—has deterrence been redefined?

Six Years After Balakot: The Shifting Contours of Deterrence in South Asia

News Desk February 27, 2025

Six years after Balakot, South Asia’s security game has changed. Hybrid warfare, and China’s growing role—has deterrence been redefined?

The closed Torkham gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, seen from zero point in Nangarhar province, February 23, 2023. [Image via AFP/File].

Torkham Tensions: Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Closure Enters Second Day

News Desk February 24, 2025

TORKHAM, Pakistan—The Torkham border crossing, a vital trade and transit route between Pakistan and Afghanistan, remained shut for a second consecutive day on February 24,