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Rethinking Urban Governance: The Case for Democratic Decentralisation in Pakistan

Ayesha Rafiq September 14, 2026

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Executive Encroachment and the Erosion of Police Autonomy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

SAT Commentary September 13, 2026

An Afghan hospital medic, who studied public relations and journalism before universities were closed to women, stands in a house in Afghanistan, February 17, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images

Five Years of Taliban Rule Built on a Lack of Accountability, Not Reform: HRW

SAT Commentary August 3, 2026

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Unpacking Interior Minister’s Call for Administrative Reforms

SAT Commentary July 31, 2026

Supreme Court Draws the Line on NAB Appeals and Bail

SAT Commentary July 25, 2026

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Pakistan’s Enduring Political Culture

Maj Gen Inam Ul Haque July 21, 2026

India’s Fertiliser Crisis No Longer Just About Agriculture

Rishita Dang July 17, 2026

Pakistan Freedom Report 2026 cover, published by MISHAL Pakistan and the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, assessing political, civil, economic, and digital freedoms in Pakistan.

MISHAL Pakistan: Pakistan’s First National Freedom Report Reveals a Nation Empowered in Private, Constrained in Public

SAT Web Administrator June 16, 2026

The CSS is more than an examination. It is a pathway into the ranks of the mandarins among us. This article examines Pakistan's enduring obsession with bureaucratic power and its colonial inheritance.

The Mandarins Among Us – Disturbing Realities of Bureaucratic Power in Pakistan

Dr Muhammad Mehboob Hassan Khan June 13, 2026