South Asia Times

Pakistan

Pakistan’s decision to join Gaza’s Board of Peace exposes a stark dilemma: strategic engagement to influence outcomes, or moral complicity in a managed peace that sidelines Palestinians.

Realpolitik or Moral Complicity? Pakistan and Gaza’s Board of Peace

SAT Editorial Desk January 22, 2026

EU–Pakistan Business Forum 2026 signals a shift from GSP+ trade reliance to an investment-led, sustainable partnership under EU Global Gateway.

EU–Pakistan Business Forum 2026

SAT Commentary January 20, 2026

Durand Line shifts from frontier to hard border, reshaping jihadist networks, militancy, and Pakistan-Afghanistan’s security landscape.

Militancy, Borderization, and the Politics of a Frontier

SAT Editorial Desk January 15, 2026

Pakistan’s shift from arms importer to defense exporter reveals how indigenous military industry has become central to sovereignty in a fragmented global order.

Pakistan’s Defense Industrial Breakout

SAT Editorial Desk January 11, 2026

A critical reassessment of Afghan repatriation from Pakistan, weighing human rights advocacy against state sovereignty, security, and legal realities.

Rethinking Afghan Repatriation from Pakistan

SAT Commentary January 10, 2026

Rethinking Pakistan’s Constitutional Changes

Rethinking Pakistan’s Constitutional Changes

SAT Commentary January 6, 2026

Pakistan’s IT sector and Digital Nation Act 2025 offer a scalable path to break the current account deficit and escape chronic economic volatility.

Pakistan’s Digital Escape Route

SAT Commentary January 2, 2026

A Fugitive Insurgency

A Fugitive Insurgency

SAT Commentary January 1, 2026