DND Thought Center

Thought Center is an independent Information hub based in Islamabad Pakistan that operates under the umbrella of DND News Agency. Thought Center aims to provide researchers, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the broader community with comprehensive and in-depth perspectives about Public Diplomacy in South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe which are strategically important to Pakistan and to its Foreign Policy.

Thought Center carries out its work with researchers and analysts who are Master’s and Ph.D. students, Ph.D. Candidates and holders of doctoral degrees, administrative personnel, and seasoned diplomats.

Diplomatic Circle

Diplomatic and Kinetic successes of Marqa-e-Haq leave several messages for Achilles of the era

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon Islamabad understands that the Indo-Pak war is not yet over, and only the kinetic domain has ceased for the time being....

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Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: Lessons from the 2025 Pahalgam Crisis and a Path Toward Transformative Peace

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By Prof. Dr. Taimoor ul Hassan In early 2025, South Asia witnessed a harrowing escalation that once again brought two nuclear states eyeball to eyeball....

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Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos: Pakistan’s huge success and takeaways for history

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon There are many takeaways for history out of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, the biggest being that the events of 11 hours were...

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World Press Freedom Day: The Ongoing Struggle of Pakistan’s Press

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By Dr. Taimoor ul Hassan Each year on May 3, the world observes World Press Freedom Day, a day proclaimed by the United Nations in...

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Post-Pahalgam Media Hype: A War between Verificatory and Verifiable Content

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By Shazia Anwer Cheema Addressing a press briefing at the Foreign Office alongside Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt...

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Baloch Sardars, Manhrang Baloch, and the System

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon Whatever is going on in Balochistan is portrayed as “a struggle” by those who are doing it and “a foreign conspiracy”...

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Intellectual Expulsion from USA

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Dr. Akhtar Hussain Sandhu The US history is replete with examples of welcoming trends, absorbing divergent mindsets exhibiting capaciousness, and tolerating dissidents because a variety...

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Financing Micro-Nuclear reactors in Pakistan

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By Qurat-ul-Ain Shabbir and Hira Bashir At a time when clean and flexible energy solutions are gaining momentum, nuclear microreactors have emerged as a promising...

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The death of Socrates and the question of COAS Gen Asim Munir

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon Islamabad, Pakistan: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir while addressing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Tuesday...

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Fifth-Generation Warfare, BLA and regional security

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By Khalid Khan There is a theory that the Fifth-generation warfare is not fought with conventional weapons like tanks, fighter jets, or missiles. Instead, it...

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DND Thought Center

Thought Center carries out its work with researchers and analysts who are Master’s and Ph.D. students, Ph.D. Candidates and holders of doctoral degrees, administrative personnel, and seasoned diplomats.

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