Pakistan’s Space Missions

A gradual advancement towards space research & exploration Pakistan is going through multiple challenges in the current times on economics, security, and political fronts. On the other hand, certain activities are going on in the region that are of utmost importance for Pakistan; it should take notice and take appropriate measures to curb the possible…

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The Paperwork War Over Hormuz

Iran’s most durable gain in this war may not be military. It may be administrative. The sixty-day window opened by the June memorandum of understanding is closed without a broader agreement. Oil is near $90. Traffic through the Hormuz Strait remains thin. The public argument has settled into a familiar shape: how many interceptors Washington…

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Crowning the Dams

Reclaiming Sovereignty – Part IV Expanding on the May 2026 diagnostic, this ten-part series probes Pakistan’s energy fragility throughstructural and technical lenses. Parts I–III diagnosed the capacity trap, rewired the grid, and paved the road.Part IV addresses the engine room: floating solar on reservoirs, pumped hydro storage, and the waterenergy-food nexus that together deliver sovereign,…

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The Makkah Defence Agreement

Opportunity, Obligation or Strategic Ambiguity? “The US-Led Middle East Order is over. The Makkah Agreement proves it”.Council on Foreign Relations (US) Let me begin this paper by acknowledging that the appropriate time for public critique of a government decision is normally before that decision is made, while the matter remains under contemplation and consideration. At…

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Mirage Reimagined

Path for Pakistan’s Delta Legacy Author’s Note: This article is a speculative, exploratory piece intended to stimulate professional debate on the future of the Pakistan Air Force’s Mirage III/5 fleet. It does not constitute a definitive engineering analysis or an official policy proposal. The technical assessments, cost estimates, and capability projections presented herein are based…

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The UAE-Saudi Divorce: How the GCC Collapsed into a Zero-Sum Struggle for Middle Eastern Hegemony

For two decades, Western strategists, energy traders, and foreign ministers spoke of “Saudi-UAE” as though it were a single geopolitical organism – a hyphenated superpower anchoring the Gulf’s stability and America’s regional architecture. That organism is dead. What has replaced it is not a managed rivalry but a terminal fracture: two states pursuing incompatible visions…

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