South Asia Times

Themes

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

Visual representation of modern warfare where military operations, media narratives, and digital information campaigns intersect in the cognitive domain.

Marka-e-Haq and the Cognitive Dimension of Modern Warfare

Ezba Walayat Khan June 13, 2026

Protesters in Herat, Afghanistan, demonstrating against Taliban morality police detentions of women for dress code violations in June 2026

Taliban Opens Fire on Herat Protesters Demanding Release of Women Arrested for Dress Code Violations, Killing at Least Two People

SAT Commentary June 12, 2026

UNAMA Amplifies Taliban Civilian Casualty Claims Without Investigating Whether Struck Compounds Were Active TTP Terrorist Hideouts

SAT Commentary June 11, 2026

UNSC chamber New York where Pakistan China BLA sanctions proposal was blocked

How Great-Power Rivalry Broke the UN Sanctions Regime

SAT Editorial Desk June 11, 2026

From Ukraine to Gwadar, from a map drawn in 1904 to Pakistan's Arabian Sea coastline, classical geopolitics never stopped running the world.

From Ukraine to Gwadar, How Geography is Reshaping World Order

Haleema Khalid June 10, 2026

Reducing national institutions to ethnic arithmetic ignores history, sovereignty, and the foundations of modern states.

If the Ethnicity of Soldiers Determines the Identity of an Army, What Makes a National Army

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026

Pakistani security forces personnel at a post near the Afghanistan border representing counter-terrorism operations against cross-border attacks

Pakistan Rejects Taliban’s Civilian Casualty Propaganda as Cross-Border Terrorist Attacks Continue to Kill Pakistani Soldiers and Civilians Unabated

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026

Human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (left) and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha (right), outside a court in Islamabad on November 5, 2025.

Pakistan Pushes Back as US Congressional Body Prejudges Ongoing Domestic Legal Proceedings Over Imaan Mazari Case

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026