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The Structural Costs of Hindutva Governance

The Structural Costs of Hindutva Governance

India’s shift toward Hindutva governance has transformed identity into policy. As citizenship, culture, and power merge, over 28 crore minorities are pushed to the margins—fracturing institutions, normalising exclusion, and leaving long-term scars on the republic’s social fabric.

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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

Pakistan’s reliance on import-heavy exports has repeatedly triggered balance-of-payments crises. The Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025 positions IT as a zero-raw-material export capable of delivering scalable growth, fiscal stability, and long-term economic resilience.

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The Weaponization of the Rivers

The Weaponization of the Rivers

The Indus Waters Treaty is facing its gravest test as India’s unilateral actions on the Chenab transform water from a shared resource into a tool of coercion. In a climate-stressed region, disrupted river flows and suspended data sharing threaten Pakistan’s agrarian economy, food security, and regional stability.

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Weaponizing Civilian Infrastructure

Weaponizing Civilian Infrastructure

Emerging security reports allege that civilian aviation and major transport hubs may be quietly repurposed as logistical conduits for the TTP. While unverified, these claims reinforce Pakistan’s long-standing warnings about external facilitation, plausible deniability, and the use of civilian infrastructure in grey-zone conflict along the western border.

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How Taliban's Performative Governance Masks Gender Apartheid

How Taliban’s Performative Governance Masks Gender Apartheid

Behind Taliban social media showcases of female factory work lies a Potemkin model of governance. Selective visibility and performative economics obscure a system of gender apartheid, educational exclusion, and long-term economic decline. Drawing on UN and rights-group data, this analysis exposes how propaganda-driven inclusion narratives collapse under empirical scrutiny.

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