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The KPK Experiment: Why the military’s next targets maybe the very parties that enabled it?

The military-backed imposition of emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa represents a profound constitutional threshold, exposing deep fissures within Pakistan’s political system. By invoking Articles...

Behind Pakistan’s Kashmir Elections, a Deepening Crackdown Prompts Threats to Cross Border

Weeks after regional polls, state violence against protesters has pushed the territory to a breaking point, with residents threatening to breach the Line of...

Pakistan’s Bounty on Masood Azhar Looks Like Theater, Not Policy

PARIS: Pakistan has placed a reward of 7 million (70 lakhs) PKR on Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar, added him to the Federal Investigation...

Pakistan’s High-Wire Diplomacy Is Showing Its Limits

ISLAMABAD — For much of the past year, Pakistan has sold itself as the indispensable interlocutor of a fractured Middle East: defense partner to...

Islamabad Bred Terror. Now It Bites.

ISLAMABAD — For more than thirty years, Pakistan’s military and intelligence services treated the Afghan Taliban as an instrument of statecraft. The group was...

Did Fear, Surveillance and Street Hostility Drive France to Close Its Consulate in Karachi?

ISLAMABAD — The French and European flags came down over the consulate general in Karachi on Tuesday, ending a diplomatic presence that had lasted...

Pakistan’s Grip on Kashmir Is Fraying: Deadly Crackdown in Rawalakot Exposes a Territory It May Ultimately Lose

RAWALAKOT, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — At least 21 people were reported killed and dozens more wounded on Monday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators...

Pakistan’s Vital EU Trade Privilege Faces Ax as New Report Exposes Rights Abuses and Imran Khan’s Politicized Jailing

The European Commission’s latest GSP+ monitoring assessment, released amid intensifying scrutiny this week, delivers a withering critique of Pakistan’s human rights record. It flags...

JAAC Supporters Call for Compilation of Casualty Records and Formation of Victims’ Committee

Clashes in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Leave at Least a Dozen Dead Amid Ban on Protest Alliance Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Deadly clashes between security forces...

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