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Why Pakistan’s FATF Exit Has Not Ended Global Concerns Over Money Laundering and Terror Financing
Pakistan’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list in 2022 was hailed domestically as a diplomatic victory and a sign of improved financial governance. Yet three years later, the optimism surrounding that milestone has…
Pakistan’s Perpetual Economic Rollovers and Debt-Ridden Economy
Pakistan’s recent request to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to roll over 3 billion dollars of deposits once again highlights how the country’s macroeconomic stability hinges on external bailouts rather than durable structural reforms.This…
PIA Privatisation, Corruption and its Unpredictable Future
The privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been sold as a big reform to end decades of losses, but its structur is opaque and highlights institutionalised corruption. Rather than resolving structural weaknesses, the…
Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says
Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases if President Donald Trump carries out his renewed threats to intervene on behalf of protesters.
With the…
Pakistan: When the State Does Not Fight Terrorism, but Manages It
The text argues that Pakistan has developed a systematic model of managing, rather than dismantling, extremist networks by providing tolerance, political cover, and indirect state support that allow violence-linked organizations to remain…
Dhaka pays the price of accepting Chinese loans, but refuses to learn
Bangladesh has slipped into a debt trap. The confirmation has come from none other than Chairman of the National Board of Revenue of Bangladesh M. Abdur Raman Khan. In a way, this is not a surprising development. Bangladesh has gone the…
Pakistan’s Military-Driven Diplomacy Fuels Conflict with Afghanistan
The ongoing conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan is not simply a clash between two neighbors. It is the outcome of the Pakistan military-driven diplomacy, one built on crisis, force, and national-security posturing rather than honest…
Increased Military Control in Pakistan Endangers Regional Stability in South Asia
Pakistan’s politics has entered a new phase of open military dominance. The recent 27th Constitutional Amendment gives unprecedented powers and legal protection to Field Marshal Asim Munir and the army leadership. Civilian institutions,…
Congo, Rwanda leaders affirm commitment to Trump-backed peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace deal in Washington on Thursday even as fighting continued in their war-scarred region.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and…
Sri Lanka’s leap toward Chinese EV buses mirrors Europe’s deepening security fears—and the warnings…
Sri Lanka’s renewed engagement with China on a proposed fleet of electric buses arrives at a moment of both promise and peril.
Beijing, eager to expand its development footprint on the island, has pitched the initiative as a natural…