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Isolation to influence

Pakistan’s role in securing the US-Iran ceasefire has opened a narrow but important window for peace, projecting Islamabad as a credible mediator. Yet the ceasefire is only a pause, and Pakistan’s test now lies in turning this diplomatic breakthrough into lasting regional, domestic, and economic gains.
Defense

Counterterrorism without heavy armour and air power is a gamble

What confronts Pakistan today is a hybridised militant ecosystem strengthened by transnational financing, external sanctuaries and the diffusion of advanced weaponry left behind in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign powers.
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ہم دن ہی منایا کرتے ہیں

ہم نے کبھی عملی طور پر کچھ نہیں کیا، ہم پاکستان کو ویسا نہ بنا سکے جیسا ایک آزاد، خودمختار اور جمہوری ریاست کو ہونا چاہیے، ہم نے ایک سال بعد 9 مئی بھی منایا ہے مگر مجرموں کو اب تک سزائیں نہیں دی جا سکیں کیونکہ ’’ہم دن ہی منایا کرتے ہیں‘‘۔
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نوازشریف اور مفروضے

ہر خاموشی کی ایک قیمت ہوتی ہے۔ میاں صاحب نے بھی اپنی خاموشی کی قیمت وصول کی ہے اور یہ بات جتنی جلدی اور جتنی اچھی طرح سے سمجھ لیں اتنا بہتر ہے کیونکہ پھر ہمیں نہ تو میاں صاحب کے حکومت نہ لینے پر افسوس ہو گا، نہ شہبازشریف کابینہ پر اعتراض ہو گا اور نہ ہی ہم کسی کے الیکشن ہارنے اور جیتنے میں سازش کے کوئی پہلو تلاش کریں گے۔
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وقت کی گواہی

خوشگوار صبح میں (ویسے یہاں ہر صبح ہی خوشگوار ہوتی ہے) جہاں ایک طرف خوشی و انبساط کی لہر تھی تو دوسری طرف شامِ غریباں کی سی کیفیت تھی۔
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