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DND Thought Center
DND Thought Center is an independent information hub based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that operates under the umbrella of DND News Agency. It aims to provide researchers, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the broader community with comprehensive and in-depth perspectives on regional developments, security, and public diplomacy in South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, which are strategically important to Pakistan and its foreign policy.
DND Thought Center carries out its work with researchers and analysts who are master’s and Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, holders of doctoral degrees, administrative personnel, and seasoned diplomats. The majority of the authors have years or even decades of experience in the subjects they write about.
The audience is composed of researchers, government officials, academics, and private-sector decision-makers. It offers clear insights into the events shaping regional security, with a particular focus on issues related to Pakistan, and publishes studies and articles from the broader strategic community. It is a nonpartisan platform that seeks to shape the direction for decision-makers through the clear and insightful articles it publishes.

The arrest of Nazira Rashidi: The Taliban’s war on journalism and the world’s complicity
Monitoring Desk: Freedom of expression in Afghanistan has collapsed under the Afghan Taliban regime, transforming journalism into a perilous act of resistance rather than...
The Cost of Political Denial: Sohail Afridi amplifies Zabihullah Mujahid’s narrative
DND ReportTerrorism in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), has intensified alarmingly over the past few years, posing grave challenges to national security,...
Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir—The Man of the Global Military Diplomacy 2025
DND Special ReportModern history considers Greek Philosophers Homer, Thucydides, Chinese thinker Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist laid...
Religious extremism damaging the Two Nations Theory paradigm in Pakistan
By Akhtar Hussain SandhuMuslim extremism has declared many Muslim factions as non-Muslim or kafir (takfiriyat).
History testifies that takfiriyat was the reason extremist Muslims opposed...
Takeaways from Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025
DND ReportThe Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025 concluded in Moscow, underlining that the global balance of power is shifting toward Eurasia and the Global South,...
DND ReportPTI has once again resorted to its worn-out narrative of attacking state institutions as these institutions attempt to expose PTI’s real face to...
DND ReportThe global threat posed by Afghan nationals, illustrated through incidents in the U.S., Central Asia, and Pakistan underscores the urgency of Pakistan’s repatriation...
How did Indian patronage shape Sheikh Hasina’s downfall and death sentence?
DND ReportSheikh Hasina’s fifteen-year rule remains one of the most debated periods in South Asia’s contemporary history (Riaz, 2016; Human Rights Watch, 2023). It...
Fixing Structural Paralysis: Pakistan needs the 27th Constitutional Amendment
DND Thought Centre ReportIn Pakistan, structural and institutional reforms, particularly judicial and constitutional reforms are extremely difficult to introduce and then implement. Several factors...
DND Special Report: The Untold Story of Afghan Jihad and Supply Line
Whatever Afghan Taliban are doing with Pakistan; it generates several fundamental questions about...
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