𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
@PIDEpk proudly welcomed its 2026 Internship Cohort. 𝟏𝟒𝟎 outstanding interns selected from ��,𝟖𝟖𝟑 applications, representing 𝟔𝟐 universities, diverse academic disciplines, and all regions of Pakistan, including Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Balochistan. The cohort comprises 𝟔𝟒 (45%) male and 𝟕𝟔 (55%) female interns.
The Orientation Session introduced interns to PIDE's research and policy ecosystem, followed by an inspiring inaugural address by Dr. Nadeem Javaid (SI) (@nadeemjavaid75), Vice Chancellor, PIDE, on "URAAN Pakistan: Challenges & Pathways."
Over the next five days, interns will engage with leading policymakers, researchers, and practitioners through intensive sessions on governance, data analytics, artificial intelligence, research ethics, leadership, and workplace professionalism; preparing them to become the next generation of policy leaders.
@betterpakistan, @PlanComPakistan , @GovtofPakistan, @FaheemJehangir, @Fizzscreams
#PIDEInternship2026 #FutureLeaders #PolicyResearch #PakistanYouth
Trita Parsi has a rational, pro-American view of the Iran war, so naturally Bari Weiss tried to get him deported.
0:00 The Key Points of Trump’s Iran Peace Deal
5:36 Israel’s Move to Sabotage the Peace Deal
11:00 Why Both the US and Iran Need Peace
24:19 How Netanyahu Will Try to Pull Trump Back Into War
38:34 Why Are There Us Bases in the Middle East?
45:18 Parsi’s Shocking Conversation With the Former Head of Mossad
47:26 Iran’s Resilience and the Strait of Hormuz
51:35 Israel’s Nightmare Scenario
56:11 Israel’s Intel Operations on Iran
1:05:32 Tom Cotton’s Plot to Merge CIA With Mossad
1:12:32 Is There Hope for the Republican Party?
1:20:54 Bari Weiss’s Hit Piece on Parsi and Attempts to Deport Him
1:34:05 How the Genocide in Gaza Has Changed Everything
1:39:54 How to Support Parsi
Every time the govt calls tax tweaks or salary bumps “relief,” it shows we’re still colonial in our heads.
The old raj extracted heavily then occasionally “relieved” its subjects like a generous master. Same language, same mindset 79 years later.
Grown-up countries don’t frame keeping a bit more of your own money as the state’s mercy. Grow out of colonialism. The goal isn’t better relief — it’s permanently less extraction.
I’ve spent over two decades studying the Pakistani state. But words fail to describe how malevolent, low-IQ, & beholden to vested interests, the administration is.
The people trying to stop solar power adoption in Pakistan are all university educated professionals. Check their CVs and you will find many with foreign qualifications & fancy fellowships.
When they retire some will produce silly self-exonerating memoirs.
And while they were in government for decades two questions never occurred to them:
1. What is in the national interest and public interest of Pakistan?
2. How can we help Pakistan achieve these constructive objectives?
At a time of global energy crisis, Pakistan needs to move even more rapidly towards solarisation. Instead, the administration is trying to impede solarisation and now they are going after not just the ‘bourgeoisie’ or ‘rich’ solar net metering folks, but others as well.
Do Indians not understand what a nuclear war is?
You don't have to be intelligent or gifted to understand this...
What has Indian media done to their people?
Over the past two week, Pakistan has been on the receiving end of belligerent threats by the Indian government. We’ve time and time again insisted that our hands are clean and offered an impartial inquiry to any and all accusations. Unfortunately, India rebuffed those offers by Pakistan and has chosen instead to target innocent civilians. Pakistan reserves the right, under the UN charter to respond – Chairman PPP @BBhuttoZardari in an interview with Sky News