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ارشد شریف کی ہلاکت اور پاکستان میں سیاسی تقسیم
اکتوبر ۲۳ کو پاکستانی صحافی ارشد شریف کینیا میں جان لیوا گولیوں کا نشانہ بنے، جس نے پاکستان میں غیرجانبدار صحافت پر سیاسی تقسیم کے اثرات کے خدشات کو بڑھاوا دیا۔ اس قتل سے قبل کے مہینوں میں، شریف نے…
پاکستان ۲۰۲۲ء : معاشی اور سیاسی خلفشار کا سال
پاکستان کے لیۓ ۲۰۲۲ کا آغاز بہترین طور پر اس کی پہلی شہریوں کے مفادات اور راۓ پر مرکوز قومی سلامتی پالیسی (این۔ایس۔پی) کے اجرا کے ساتھ ہوا جس میں انسانی سلامتی کو ملک کے حفاظتی نظام میں مرکزی مقام…
Arshad Sharif’s Death and Political Polarization in Pakistan
On October 23, Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was fatally shot in Kenya, raising concerns of political polarization impacting objective journalism in Pakistan. In the months preceding his murder, Sharif vocally criticized Pakistan’s current government and its powerful military, fueling suspicions…
Pakistan in 2022: A Year of Economic and Political Turbulence
For Pakistan, 2022 began on a high note with the launch of its first citizen-centric National Security Policy (NSP), which reiterated the need to put human security at the center of the country’s security apparatus. Under this new approach, Pakistan…
Khan, the Bomb, and the Struggle for Democracy in Pakistan
Speaking at a political rally in Peshawar on May 14, 2022, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan raised doubts about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in the hands of what he called “thieves”— referring to the new regime that…
Operational Risks and Societal Militarization: Agnipath’s Entrenched Challenges
On June 14, India’s defense minister—flanked by the three service chiefs—rolled out the Agnipath scheme. The scheme is a “transformative reform” in the military’s method of recruitment and retention and was also a source of instant controversy and opposition following…