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World Cancer Day: Prevention meets nuclear tech in the global fight for accessible, life-saving cancer care.

World Cancer Day: Atoms Save Lives

Hira Bashir February 10, 2026

For more than five decades the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has developed a nationwide network of twenty Atomic Energy Cancer Hospitals, the recent one constructed in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. These hospitals treat over 40,000 new cancer patients every year where around one million cancer-related procedures performed annually. Together, they treat approximately 80 percent of the country’s cancer burden.

India’s continued non-compliance with PCA directives under IWT exposes a pattern of ignoring international law while Pakistan upholds treaty obligations.

Pakistan, India and the Indus Waters Treaty: Compliance, Silence and Accountability

SAT Commentary February 10, 2026

India’s failure to provide operational data for Baglihar and Kishanganga hydro projects underscores a persistent pattern of ignoring international obligations. Pakistan’s adherence to PCA directives reinforces its position as a compliance-focused treaty partner, while India’s silence carries both legal and reputational consequences.

A critical analysis of Afghanistan’s transformation into a regional terrorism hub, driving cross-border infiltration, militant spillover and growing security threats to South Asia, Central Asia and beyond.

Afghanistan as a Regional Terrorism Hub: Cross-Border Infiltration, Spillover, and Rising Threats

SAT Commentary February 10, 2026

Repeated cross-border attacks, systematic militant infiltration, organized criminal networks and ideological export from Afghanistan underscore how Taliban rule has transformed the country into a regional epicenter of terrorism, destabilizing neighboring states, threatening regional connectivity, endangering foreign nationals, and posing broader risks to global security.

A critical review of UNAMA’s cross-border civilian casualty report, highlighting selective framing, missing context, and terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.

A Context-Deficient Assessment: Structural Gaps in UNAMA’s Civilian Casualty Reporting

SAT Commentary February 9, 2026

UNAMA’s October–December 2025 report on cross-border civilian casualties presents a narrowly framed humanitarian narrative that isolates consequences from causes, overlooking the entrenched terrorist infrastructure operating from Afghanistan and its direct role in destabilizing Pakistan.

US support for Pakistan following Balochistan violence reframes the conflict as a global counter-terrorism challenge, not a separatist struggle.

US Backs Pakistan as Violence Escalates in Balochistan

SAT Commentary February 6, 2026

US support for Pakistan following Balochistan violence reframes the conflict as a global counter-terrorism challenge, not a separatist struggle.

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