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Friday, July 11, 2025

Coping with terrorism: Why moving on is not enough!

As Pakistan recovers from the Peshawar Mosque attack, Ahmad Maudood Ausaf reflects that frequent terror attacks have left the nation desensitized to terrorism. "Our history may be grisly and flimsy but our only response to terrorism cannot be to move on" - Mr. Ausaf writes.

Of strategic depths and near abroads – Gen (r) Asad Durrani

Lt Gen. (r) Asad Durrani, a retired 3-star rank general in the Pakistan Army laments how we clobber the countries on our wrong side for violating human rights or maltreatment of minorities but must keep mum on graver violations by our strategic partners.

How Russia-Ukraine conflict helps China’s Polar Silk Road

According to Ali Haider Saleem, the geoeconomic fallout of Russia’s advancement in its neighboring country turned out to be beneficial for China’s economic expansion strategy.

Russia-Ukrainian war: A tragedy of overconfident miscalculations?

Russia realizes very well that this attack is not going to be a piece of cake. Ukrainians mean business and they are here to fight. It has also changed the possible scenarios for Russia. Complete invasion of the country and controlling it militarily does not seem to be a plausible option.

Ukraine-Russia conflict from an Asian lens

Pakistan has shown its stance by being a part of the game in peace but will follow a policy of neutrality during the war. The EU's venture of using Pakistan against Russia cut a sorry figure. Among major Asian countries, India is between the devil and the deep blue sea looking at every move

Book review: Islam and the Arab Revolutions

Dr. James Dorsey, an award-winning scholar, talks about Usaama al-Azami's Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy which focuses on the responses of several prominent Muslim religious scholars towards the 2011 Arab popular revolts.

What does ‘two sessions’ mean for Chinese democracy?

The Chinese Communist Party has put forward the grand idea of whole-process people's democracy. The two sessions have become an important window for the international community to observe China's people-centered practice of people's democracy.

The denial of male infertility in our society

Male infertility is an issue that decreases the chances of a male getting a female pregnant. This means that despite trying, the couple is unable to have a baby. Globally, in one of 5 infertility cases, the issue is with the man. In Pakistan, this issue is not much talked about due to many reasons.

Is PM Khan’s future in jeopardy after no-confidence motion?

The combined opposition on Tuesday finally submitted a notice of resolution of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan along with the requisition to summon a session of the lower house of the Parliament in the National Assembly Secretariat

“Fortress Russia” Will it succumb?

Managing Editor GVS queries the posed sanctions but asks what cost for the West? While the media is focusing on the impact of sanctions to break impregnable fortress Russia, it is not clear what the long-term consequences of these measures are for the West.

Understanding the hypocrisy of Western Media

When the Western interests are at stake, the resistance is labeled as “Gallant, brave people fighting for their freedom”, otherwise? They are mere “barbaric savages” or “terrorists”. The depravity of the current crisis at the expense of others is abhorrent, at the least.

What role a ‘deep state’ plays in politics?

Due to the prevailing geopolitical situation around Pakistan, its internal political chaos, and the economy tottering on the brink,  the armed forces of Pakistan will continue to play a larger-than-life role in the national decision-making process, writes Saleem Akhtar Malik, an army veteran.