(By Quratulain Khalid) As of February 24, 2026, Pakistan stands on the brink of a digital revolution. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has confirmed the long-awaited 5G spectrum auction for March 10, marking a pivotal step in upgrading the nation’s telecommunications infrastructure. Simultaneously, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is gearing up to launch 5G services…
(By Khalid Masood) The India AI Impact Summit 2026 (being held February 16–20 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi) was promoted as a landmark event to cement India’s role in the global AI landscape. With over 70,000 attendees, high-profile guests including French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) The launch of Sky47, Pakistan’s largest domestically hosted cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform, represents a consequential development in the country’s digital and strategic evolution. While framed publicly as a technology initiative, Sky47 carries broader implications for data sovereignty, regulatory autonomy, AI capacity building, and economic resilience. As governments worldwide reassess…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Introduction: On September 25, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that officially greenlit the transfer of TikTok’s U.S. operations to American ownership. This wasn’t merely a corporate transaction; it was the culmination of a multi-year geopolitical struggle over data, influence, and the very future of the global internet. The signing…
(By Khalid Masood) Rare earth elements (REEs), a group of 17 chemically similar metals including neodymium, dysprosium, and lanthanum, are pivotal to the global high-tech, green energy, and defence sectors. From smartphones and electric vehicle (EV) batteries to wind turbines and precision-guided missiles, these minerals underpin modern technology and the transition to a low-carbon economy….
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction Modern warfare is no longer fought solely on the battlefield with tanks, guns, and boots on the ground. Today, war is also waged in cyberspace, through autonomous drones, deepfake propaganda, and intelligent systems that make decisions faster than any human general could. At the heart of this transformation is Artificial Intelligence…
(By Quratulain Khalid) On 19 June 2025, a digital catastrophe sent shockwaves through the global community as researchers uncovered a staggering leak of 16 billion login credentials, dubbed the “Mother of All Breaches” (MOAB). Reported by Cybernews and Forbes, this unprecedented breach compromises accounts across platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram, GitHub, and government portals,…
(By Khalid Masood) On June 16, 2025, beneath the gilded chandeliers of Trump Tower, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump unveiled Trump Mobile, a wireless service and smartphone brand poised to challenge America’s telecom titans. Launched on the 10th anniversary of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, this venture marries the Trump family’s knack for branding…
The Cyber Front: Pakistan’s Digital Counteroffensive As India launched Operation Sindoor against alleged militant camps, Pakistan retaliated militarily with Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos. Simultaneously, Pakistani cyber teams sprang into action. According to cybersecurity reports and media sources, over 1.5 million cyber offensives were initiated by Pakistani entities—some state-backed and others driven by independent hacktivist groups. Though only…
(By Khalid Masood) India, it seems, remains trapped in the illusions of the 19th-20th century—overestimating its global standing based on the sheer size of its market and its strategic alignment with the United States. Mistakenly equating economic potential with geopolitical wisdom, Indian policymakers continue to peddle a foreign policy marred by duplicity and theatrics, believing…
