Reactors Rise And Talks Hold As Pakistan Outpaces The Noise

On a day when Washington and Tehran swapped threats and Indian outlets pushed unverified claims, Pakistan was pouring concrete and laying the groundwork for peace talks. The two images do not belong in the same frame, and that is the point. At Mianwali, the dome was placed on the 1,200 MW Chashma-5 unit, a step […]

Scotland Shows The Taliban A Red Card For Erasing Afghan Women

Scotland has done what must be done. Cricket Scotland has announced that it will not arrange bilateral matches or any other cricket engagement with Afghanistan outside ICC events, citing the Taliban regime’s treatment of women and girls and the wider human rights situation in the country. The board has made clear it will face Afghanistan […]

Pakistan and the US Need a Strategic Dialogue Forum for Think Tanks

According to Foreign Office, Pakistan and the United States have agreed to promote closer exchanges between think tanks and academic institutions to deepen mutual understanding and encourage dialogue on regional and international issues. The understanding was reached during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and former US assistant secretary […]

European Voices Rise Against Engagement With Taliban

French MEP Mounir Satouri has laid bare a troubling inconsistency in Europe’s approach to Afghanistan. While Brussels publicly refuses to recognise the Taliban, a number of European capitals and the European Commission are quietly drifting toward working with the regime. Satouri cautions that this slide undermines the very principles on which Europe claims to stand. […]

Houthi Strike On Aramco Threatens Global Energy Security

On 8 November 2026, the Houthi militia launched yet another attack on Saudi Arabia. Falling shrapnel from intercepted missiles damaged several floors of a Saudi Aramco administrative building in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District, one of the most prominent symbols of the Kingdom’s economic transformation. The Aramco attack is not an isolated incident. It is […]

Mearsheimer at Margalla: Is American Overstretch Really Good for Pakistan?

The prestigious Margalla Security Dialogue opened here in Islamabad with a thought-provoking lecture from American expert of international politics, John Mearsheimer. In his unequivocal style, professor Mearsheimer told the audience in a jam-packed hall at a local hotel that Pakistan is safe till it is not forced into a situation where it must choose between […]

Taliban Regime Bleeds At The Hands Of The Terrorists It Shelters

A bloody clash erupted on 7 October 2026 inside the Taliban Regime’s military intelligence compound at Siah Sang, Kabul, between at least 40 TTP members and their Afghan Taliban hosts. The confrontation left 3 Afghan Taliban members dead and 7 injured. TTP fighters reportedly disarmed the guards, spilled into the streets of Shah Shaheed and […]

Taliban Regime’s Detention Of Razmandeh Reveals Systematic Repression Of Hazaras

The Taliban Regime’s arrest of Mohammad Zaman, known as Razmandeh, deputy to Commander Abdul Ghani Alipour, exposes its continued intimidation of Hazara opponents and minority communities. Targeting a Hazara figure associated with resistance movements reflects a wider pattern of political exclusion, repression and attempts to crush dissent through coercion. For Hazaras, the Taliban Regime’s rule […]

Pakistan Demands Accountability As Israel Starves Gaza Of Shelter

More than a year after a ceasefire was meant to bring relief to Gaza, Israel continues to heinously choke the flow of the most basic means of survival. Tents, shelter kits, fuel and caravans remain stranded at Gaza’s borders while displaced Palestinians face flooding, freezing temperatures and life-threatening shelter conditions. This is no failure of […]