DISINFORMATION, PROXY NETWORKS AND DIGITAL RADICALIZATION ZEESHAN HOTI In modern conflict, the battlefield is no longer limited to land, sea or air. Information, perception and digital space have become powerful instruments of strategic competition ...
CLOSING THE GAPS ON THE PAK-AFGHAN BORDER
DR. SAHIBZADA MUHAMMAD USMAN The Pak-Afghan frontier, stretches approximately, is roughly 2,600 kilometres long. What used to be a problem of smugglers, informal crossings, and militant movement is now being pulled into a harder security era. In lat ...
ANNIVERSARY OF OP BUNYAN UM MARSOOS
Zeeshan Hoti One year has passed since Pakistan stood at one of the most critical crossroads in its modern history. Following Pahalgam false flag, India launched Operation Sindoor, in the middle of night between 6 and 7 May 2025, firing missiles at ...
HARNESSING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF KP’s YOUTH
Zeeshan Hoti Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has always been a land of cultural richness and variety. For centuries, it stood against the furore of empires and ideas. The Silk Road wound its way through the solid rocks of its mountains, carrying merchants, ...
KP ECONOMIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN WHAT EXISTS AND WHAT IS DONE (2025)
Dr. Bashir Ahmad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has spent years being marketed as a province of promise. In policy speeches, budget documents and development forums, it is repeatedly described as “resource-rich,” “strategically located”, and “demographic ...
PEACE EFFORTS IN KP THROUGH JIRGAS
Hassan Sajid Across the world, every community has its own way for the resolution of conflicts. Among Pashtuns, one tradition has stood firm for centuries, “the Jirga”. For generations, the Jirga has been the heart of Pashtun society, a respected fo ...
CORRUPTION IN KP AN ANATOMY OF A SYSTEMIC CRISIS
Engr. S.Khan Corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is widespread and multi-form. Phantom or ghost projects, fake invoices and forged Cheques, procurement manipulation (over-pricing, single-sourcing, kickbacks), payroll/HR fraud, unauthorised retenti ...
2025: A DEFINING YEAR FOR PAKISTAN’S SECURITY
Salman Ahmad The year 2025 proved to be a defining period in Pakistan's counterterrorism landscape. Security Forces confronted a persistent and evolving terrorism threat, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and merged tribal districts. Despite e ...
PAK-INDIA WAR FOUR DAYS THAT CHANGED THE EQUATION
Dr Sahibzada Muhammad Usman The short but decisive India-Pakistan war of May 2025 once again exposed the hollowness behind India's claims of military superiority and strategic dominance in South Asia. India initiated hostilities under the pretext of ...
PAK–AFGHAN CONFLICT THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN
Hassan Khan Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have always been difficult. Over the years, they have moved between limited cooperation and open tension. Today, ties between the two neighbors are at one of their worst points. Borders are clos ...









