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Ishtiaq Ali Mehkri

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Ishtiaq Ali Mehkri is a senior journalist, former Opinion Editor Khaleej Times, Dubai; presently working with Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Pakistan's premier think tank under the GOP's National Security Division. The views are his own. He can be reached at iamehkri@gmail.com
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Have we Blinked at Home, and Failed on the Afghan Front?

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Pakistan’s western border has not been serene for almost four decades now. It has been a theatre of revulsion and an immediate threat to...
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From Torpedo to Thaw

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As Saudi authorities gunned down more than 400 Iranian pilgrims during the occasion of Hajj in 1987, it was one of the worst scenarios...
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Uniting for Water

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I vividly remember former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral once saying, “there has to be a dispute between India and Pakistan; and even...
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Whither security, if it is not human-centric!

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Barack Obama, the first Black-American President of the United States, quipped, “In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all...
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Russo-Ukrainian War is Erecting a new World Order

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Georges Clemenceau, a notable French politician (1841-1929), was apt as he said, “War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.” But...
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The Troublesome Western Frontier

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Nizam-e-Maikada Bigra Hua Hai Is Kadar Saqi; Usi Ko Jaam Milta Hai Jise Peena Nahi Aata (Anand Narayan Mulla) [The configuration is so disfigured that...
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Iran Needs A New Social Contract

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Muzaffar Warsi, a Pakistani poet, lyricist and a scholar of repute, wrote: “AAB TOU BANDE BHI KHUDA BANDOON KI TAQDEER LIKHAIN; DEY WOH TAQAT...
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Pakistan Must Change its Economic Paradigm

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One of the most acclaimed poets of Urdu, Mirza Assadullah Ghalib was apt when he said: CHIPAK RAHA HEI BADAN PAR LAHOO SE PAIRAHAN;...
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