Pakistan is experiencing another silent power shift as constitutional amendments tighten military influence and weaken democratic institutions. With the collapse of judicial independence, rising public unrest, and a fading Kashmir narrative, the country stands at a crossroads—its democracy hanging by a thread.

What the amendment is aiming to do is already happening. The army has long played a major role in politics, the judiciary has long been under pressure, the provinces for years have been squeezed on finances and powers. From where I stand across the Pir Panjal in a Kashmir that still breathes with hope as part of the world’s largest democracy I watch with a mixture of relief and sorrow what is happening in Pakistan. I am grateful that I am free from the kind of oppression that

Pakistan has long presented itself as a leading voice in the Muslim world. Founded in 1947 as a homeland for Muslims of British India, it has over the decades sought to project itself as a champion of Islamic solidarity, a defender of Muslim causes and a strategic partner for other Muslim-majority states. But in 2024-25 the landscape of Pakistan’s relations with other Islamic nations is increasingly shaped by tension, complexity and paradox by the interplay of border issues,

In the shifting landscape of South Asian geopolitics, Pakistan stands at a precarious crossroads. Once seen as a front line ally in the global war against terror, it now finds itself increasingly consumed by the very forces it once claimed to combat. The rise in terrorism across Pakistan over the last few years has not only destabilized its internal security but also poses a growing threat to regional peace and stability. From the rugged mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the

The term “Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, as Pakistan calls the territory it occupies, is a masterpiece of propaganda, a name that promises freedom while delivering subjugation. Far from being an independent entity, as the word “Azad” suggests, Azad Kashmir is a colony under Pakistan’s illegal and aggressive occupation and a stolen fragment of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Since 1947, Pakistan has maintained a facade of autonomy in this region, with puppet leade

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