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.

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Field Marshal Asim Munir and Strategic Equilibrium

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By Dr. Shazia Anwar Cheema Pakistan has historically walked a delicate tightrope in its foreign relations, especially when it comes to the two global powers—the...

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River Ravi cannot go to Supreme Court against Imran Khan for encroaching its lands

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By Dr Shazia Anwer Cheema Rivers do not talk, they roar, particularly when they are wounded and hurt. Their roars are the sound of gushing...

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New provinces or New Governance? Rethinking Pakistan’s Administrative Structure

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon The debate on creating new provinces in Pakistan has once again taken center stage, generating a wide range of viewpoints and...

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Wars are not options, but the trade is

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By Dr. Shazia Anwer Cheema The history books will remember August 2025 whenever there will be any chapter about Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. US President Trump, Azerbaijan’s President...

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Bureaucrats, Khawaja Asif and the ‘System’

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon An X statement by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is nowadays at the center stage. In his statement, the veteran politician...

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Downgrading of Kashmir Status from Indian State to Indian Colony

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By Saqlain Imam On August 5, 2019, in the charged aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the Government of India made a historic and controversial move...

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Withdrawal of forces from KP, Mukti Bahini, PTI and PTM

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DND Report After having remained quarantined for over a year, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leadership has once again come to the surface to pitch...

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New Front in Eurasian Geopolitics: Attacking the Church is to silence Armenia’s most influential voice

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By Dr Shazia Anwer Cheema The crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church is not an isolated incident. Precedents have already been set in Donbass, Luhansk,...

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Takeaways from the interaction with President Ilham Aliyev at the 3rd Shusha Global Media Forum

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By Agha Iqrar Haroon Chinese President Xi announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the "Silk Road Economic Belt" on 7 September 2013 at...

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Taliban’s Image Crafting, Media Strategy, and the Mirage of Reforms

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By Prof Dr Taimoor ul Hassan When the Taliban swept into Kabul in August 2021 following the chaotic withdrawal of US and NATO forces, the...

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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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