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May 17, 2025 10:03 AM

Terror Inc.: How Pakistani Army has hijacked the state acting as an agent of Chaos & Conflict

Pakistan’s economy has long ceased to be a level playing field. While democratic institutions, civilian enterprises, and private sector innovation struggle to survive under chronic political instability and fiscal mismanagement, one institution not...

May 15, 2025 11:13 PM

Back to the Grey List? Renewed Scrutiny for Pakistan’s Consistent Failure to Meet Terror Finance Standards

Pakistan’s record with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) reads like a trilogy of broken promises. From 2008 to 2022, the country slipped onto – and briefly wriggled off – the Grey List three times. The first listing, on 28 February 2008, l...

May 14, 2025 2:48 PM

Operation Sindoor: From strategic restraint to sovereign retaliation

India’s military response to the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack marked not merely a tactical action, but a fundamental shift in its strategic doctrine. Operation Sindoor, the codename for a bold retaliatory air campaign, shattered the long-...

May 13, 2025 6:44 PM

Blood Money: Pakistan’s Shadow Economy and the Trade that Fuels Terrorism

A Hidden Artery that Predates 9/11 Islamabad has long claimed that terrorist finance seeped in from Afghanistan only after the Twin Towers fell. Yet the sluice gates were prised open a decade earlier. In 1991, then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said h...

May 9, 2025 6:09 PM

Pakistan’s parallel terror economy: Narcotics, charities and counterfeit cash

According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), Pakistan is home to 83 proscribed terrorist organisations. Of these, 45 remain active, spreading violence not only in India but across Asia and far beyond. Many are indigenous creations; others are...

May 6, 2025 4:07 PM

A Broke, Belligerent, Brazen Pakistan: Ignoring Poverty, Investing in Proxy Wars

Pakistan’s economy has been in dire straits for quite some time now. With over $130 billion USD in external loans, according to CEIC’s economic database, the $338 billion USD economy (according to the World Bank dataset for current GDP as of 2023...

April 22, 2025 2:04 PM

I Think, Therefore I Am: Why Philosophy Matters in the Age of AI

One of the most electrifying philosophical declarations of all time comes from René Descartes: “I think, therefore I am,” a bold assertion that anchors human existence in the act of conscious thought. But in an age where artificial intelligence ...

April 17, 2025 6:10 PM

Migration in North-East and Inner Line Permit System

Northeast India often makes headlines due to conflicts and political tensions because of the rising influx of migrants within the states. We have heard of the case of Tripura and the heavy news of instability coming from Manipur very recently. For th...

April 17, 2025 6:33 PM

Glitters of India’s Craft Heritage

Spotlighting the Tradition The world is left in awe of the scale and grandeur of the recently concluded Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj. The Maha Kumbh this year took place on the banks of the Ganga, which witnessed a record gathering of a multitude: s...

April 17, 2025 6:21 PM

Act East Policy and India’s North East

Over the years, India has recognized the importance of strengthening its ties with neighbouring regions to secure its place in the global arena. Consistent with this approach, India's foreign policy has traditionally been guided by a commitment to no...

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