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FIA arrests NADRA assistant director as Pakistan’s institutions move against corruption at the heart of the national identity system By Dr Muhammad Shahid ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani national identity card is…
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Thirty years after Afghan president Dr. Najibullah’s violent overthrow, Kabul’s enduring failure to build a legitimate, rules-based state continues to project instability across its borders. Thirty…
Two journalists were beaten and detained at a Kandahar hospital while attempting to interview militants wounded in Pakistani airstrikes — the latest in a documented, escalating pattern of press restriction…
Analysis – By Dr Muhammad Shahid Every September, the same ritual repeats itself at the United Nations General Assembly: a Pakistani prime minister stands at the podium, raises Kashmir, warns…
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s security forces have killed 33 militants in a series of counter-terrorism operations across Balochistan since September 21, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on…
Opinion / Analysis By any honest reading of the last seven months, Pakistan has been fighting a war it did not want, against a neighbour it has repeatedly tried to…
KABUL: The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K/ISIL-K) leader Sanaullah Ghafari, also known by his nom de guerre Shahab al-Muhajir, remains alive and is believed to be operating from Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar…
ANALYSIS As regional trade corridors and diplomatic engagements reshape South Asia’s geopolitical map, fresh security assessments have brought to light alarming intelligence regarding covert maneuvers along Pakistan’s western border. Recent…
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Recent developments across South Asia have laid bare the volatile convergence of geopolitics, energy competition, and cross-border security dynamics. From a high-stakes energy deal inked in…
TEHRAN / KABUL — At least seven Afghan migrants lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries following a traffic collision in Iran’s volatile southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province. According…