Pakistan Announces 17.65% Defence Budget Increase, Gains Constrained by Weaker Rupee Plus Pro
Pakistan's PKR 3 trillion (about $10.76 billion U.S.) defence budget for 2026-2027 is the largest it has ever set in dollar terms. But a weakening...
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Pakistan, the Abraham Accords, and the Limits of Mediating the US-Iran War Pro
Trump's demand that Islamabad join the Abraham Accords is the opposite of the dividend Pakistan's mediation was meant to secure. The real strain is at...
Pakistan’s One-Way Effector Market: Six-Month Update Pro
This Industry Brief is a follow-up to Quwa's November 2025 Market Intelligence analysis on Pakistan's OWE market. In November, Quwa assessed that Pakistan was developing...
One Year After Bunyan-un-Marsoos: Pakistan’s Conventional Strike Push
Shortly before Pakistan’s Joint Services Press Conference on May 7th, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a video outlining the major defence procurements, inductions, and...
The Flaw in Pakistan’s High-Tech Defence Strategy Plus Pro
Pakistan is building ISTAR and precision-strike capacity to create openings against India, but has the policy mindset caught up to exploit them before they close?
PRSC-EO3 Completes Pakistan’s Imaging Satellite Constellation Plus Pro
SUPARCO's PRSC-EO3 – Pakistan's third electro-optical remote sensing satellite – has entered orbit, completing the PRSC-EOS constellation. The PRSC-EO3 carries onboard AI processing and a...
Why Iran’s Real Power Won’t Come to Pakistan’s Table
Pakistan's mediation is hitting a wall: The "Old Guard" is at the table, but Iran's new, shadowy IRGC commanders aren't. Here is why the US...
Is Pakistan Trading India Deterrence for the Gulf? Plus Pro
Pakistan moves to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. Is Islamabad finally charging a "security premium" for the Gulf, or is it trading away its deterrence...
Pakistan Brokers Iran Ceasefire — and Looks West Plus Pro
Pakistan brokered a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on 8 April 2026, with US-Iran talks set to begin in Islamabad on 10...
Why the GCC Called Kyiv Before Islamabad Plus Pro
Iranian Shahed-type loitering munitions began striking Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) targets in March 2026. The first call for counter-drone help went to Kyiv, not Islamabad....