Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), a Shia-majority province in a Sunni-majority country, has a diversified religious landscape, with Shia, Sunni, Noorbakshia, and Ismaili populations coexisting. It is located between the disputed regions of…

At a press conference on October 3, former caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced that all illegal immigrants had until November 1 to voluntarily leave Pakistan, or they would be…

In the wake of Fukuyama’s “End of History” proclamation and Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis, the world witnessed a shift towards multipolarity. Fareed Zakaria referred to this as the “rise…

Key Points: The increasing economic, defence and security cooperation between China, Iran and Russia is being perceived by the West and its allies as a concerning development. Amidst converging interests,…