The post-withdrawal era has posed opportunities and challenges at home and abroad alike. The revulsion-cum-revolution, though peaceful in essence, on Pakistan’s western frontiers and the Taliban set-up has pitched Pakistan in a leadership role in the region and beyond. For the first…

More than 70,000 casualties during the two decades of the so-called war on terrorism came at the hands of non-state actors. Pakistanis were bled to the core, their lives devastated and no place was spared from attacks. The armed forces and the…

Three different segments of Pakistan’s socio-political fabric are happy to see the Taliban retake power in Afghanistan – each for a different reason. Since the fall of Kabul, Pakistan has received much criticism in Afghanistan and elsewhere (including Iran and India) for…