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Nasim Zehra

Nasim Zehra is an author, analyst and national security expert. 

Twitter: @NasimZehra

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Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project: Another false start?

Here are the questions on everyone’s minds when it comes to the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline. Is the project just cursed to fail? Or can Pakistan go through with it? Most importantly, does it truly want to?

April 07, 2024

Pakistan’s election surprise 

As results keep rolling in after Pakistan’s most controversial elections, the majority of Pakistanis are hugely relieved. 

February 09, 2024

Quickest turnaround in history? Pakistan-Iran relations after record-setting episode

Have Iran-Pakistan set a new record in global affairs?

January 27, 2024

Pakistan-Afghanistan: From paradox to potential

Can Pakistan-Afghanistan shed off the paradox of major commonalities and deep distrust, and the dichotomies that strangle the immense potential for cooperation in-built in the location and population of these two countries?

November 21, 2023

Nawaz Sharif: Just another Pakistani politician or a statesman?

As the tables turned for Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hounded, ousted, and goaded into self-exile but now back to a red carpet welcome, the million-dollar question for many is whether his homecoming signals a change in Pakistan’s current power scene. 

October 24, 2023

Another cutting edge: Pakistan’s decaying democratic journey

Another decade, another precipice, another cutting edge experience.

June 10, 2023