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The Borrowed State
Pakistan’s Iran war survival problem, and why the government asking for sacrifice has no standing to ask
2 hrs ago • briefpk
Pakistan Monthly Roundup: March 2026
Two Wars, One Austerity Order, and the People Who Paid for All Three
Apr 1
Five Points Against Five Points
China and Pakistan issued their peace framework today. Read it next to Iran’s own conditions and something becomes clear: this document does not answer…
Mar 31 • briefpk
The Tanker Named Karachi Got Through. Its Workers Did Not.
Pakistan Secured Passage for Cargo. The Seafarers Were a Different Matter.
Mar 30 • briefpk
The Ventriloquist’s Bridge
How Washington Bought Pakistan’s Voice - The USA-Iran-Israel Pakistan Mediated Negotiations
Mar 27 • briefpk
Pakistan's Amplified Peace Process ...
... while things at home don't look that good.
Mar 26 • briefpk
The Venue and the Trap
Pakistan, the Iran War, and the Islamabad Talks
Mar 24 • briefpk
Weekly Radar
Issue No. 2
Mar 22 • briefpk
A Pact for What Was Already Done
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact. The defense relationship is sixty years old.
Mar 22 • briefpk
Habib Jalib
Dastoor
Mar 21 • briefpk
The Women of Chak 123
Pakistan pays its poorest women Rs6,000 a quarter to survive. The system collecting that payment had been looting them for years. On March 16, it killed…
Mar 20 • briefpk
The Five Percent Door
Pakistan's markup subsidy scheme does not solve a housing crisis. It finances one.
Mar 18 • briefpk
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