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Pakistan: Leveraging past insights for future growth

As we celebrate 79th Independence Day of Pakistan, it is appropriate that we take stock of what Pakistan was, what it went through in recent decades...

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News Desk

Pakistan: Stronger Than the Narrative

A country is not judged only by the problems it faces, but also by the confidence its people continue to place in its institutions. At a time when...

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Tania Wafa

The Historical Significance of the Beijing Summit Between the Leaders of China and the United States

US-China relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world today. The trajectory not only affects the well-being of the people of...

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News Desk

Makkah Joint Defence Agreement

August 7, 2026, has gone down in the annals of history as a memorable, historic, eventful and productive day. It was on this day that the top...

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Muhammad Zahid Rifat

14th August and the Silent Sentinels of the Sea

Every year, as the fourteenth of August approaches, the country begins to wear its identity a little more visibly. Green and white flags appear on...

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News Desk

The unfinished promise of Pakistan

EVERY nation has two birthdays. The first marks its independence. The second begins when it fulfills the ideals upon which that independence was won....

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Social harmony: Pakistan’s strategic imperative

SOCIAL harmony refers to the ability of individuals and communities to understand and respect one another’s ideas, beliefs, emotions, and actions...

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Wahdat al-Shuhud: Unity of witnessing in sufi thought

AMONG the many concepts developed within Islamic mysticism (Tasawwuf), Wahdat al-Shuhūd (Unity of Witnessing) occupies a significant place. It...

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Ghayur Ayub

Pak-Saudi-Türkiye pro-peace defence pact

HISTORY is shaped not only by wars and revolutions but also by agreements that redefine relationships among nations. The defence understanding reached...

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Sardar Abdul Khaliq Wasi

Independence beyond celebration Winning the Battle for the National Mind

AS Pakistan marks its Independence Day, 14 August should be more than a day of flags and celebration. It should also be a moment of honest reflection:...

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Brig Naseem Akhtar R

79 years: Quaid’s unfinished vision

IT is incumbent, on each one of us, to protect MAJ’s legacy and restore his vision of a modern democratic welfare state for all, irrespective of...

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Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

1947: BIRTH OF A NATION-STATE

The creation of Pakistan marks a watershed moment in twentieth-century history, achieved despite monumental challenges and staggering obstacles. These...

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Raza Muhammad Khan

Pakistan at 79!

Seventy-nine years ago, on 14 August 1947, Pakistan emerged on the world map carrying the hopes, sacrifices and aspirations of millions. It was a...

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Abdullah Gauhar Malik

Procurement fraud & abuse of authority

A military hospital should be a place where every rupee is used to save lives. At 166 Military Hospital in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...

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Pakistan Observer

Procurement Fraud & Abuse Of Authority

14 August 2026 -day of celebration -Pakistan at cross road

14 August 1947 – Reemergence of Muslim rule in subcontinent since1857 . Muslims in united India would have been perpetually under Hindu slavery and...

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Brig Tariq Khalil

Quaid-i-Azam vision of Pakistan’s political culture

QUAID-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was a towering personality, transformative statesman, indispensable and dynamic...

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Dr A Z Hilali

From the dawn of freedom to the frontiers of the future

From the dawn of freedom to the frontiers of the future

PAKISTAN’S Independence Day is not merely an annual ritual of flags and parades; it is a reaffirmation of a promise, the promise that this nation...

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News Desk

A punny person passed a painful path for Pakistan

SAD enough that dreadful deeds of its dominating dewelers brought downfall to the dream sequence of a determined soul. Holding a sheet of a cardboard...

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Nighat Leghari

Now or never; Pakistan must rise

August 14, 2026 marks the 79th Independence Day of Pakistan. A day filled with pride, devotion and integrity for every Pakistani, regardless of caste,...

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News Desk

MJDA: A Muslim trio of collective deterrence, peace & prosperity

THE Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), the trilateral defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, formalized in Makkah on August 7,...

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Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Economy & over population

PAKISTAN faces a rapid population surge, with an estimated population nearing 260 million and an annual growth rate of roughly 2.5%. Ranking as the...

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News Desk

When power admits failure, what comes next?

FEDERAL Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s statement that “whether anyone accepts it or not, our system has collapsed or failed” cannot simply be...

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Barrister Usman Ali

The real secret of the Makkah Defence Pact

WHAT is the Makkah defense pact? In brief, the Makkah Defense Pact represents the biggest transformation since the upheaval brought about by the...

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Dr Farooq Adil

DNA tests & inheritance harassment

A few days back, this scribe came across one aggrieved family who revealed that, adopting conversational strategies, their paternal uncles to...

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Amna Nasir Jamal

Makkah Pact and Pakistan’s emerging regional role

THE Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia could prove to be one of the most consequential developments in the...

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Ghulam Murtaza

Book Review Carving value: Pakistan’s stone & mineral economy

CARVING Value: Pakistan’s Stone and Mineral Economy is a timely contribution to the discourse on Pakistan’s natural resource potential and...

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

Strengthening what works for a healthier Pakistan

World Breastfeeding Week 2026 FROM 1-7 August, the world observes World Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign led by the World Alliance for...

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Prof Dr Atta Ur Rehman

Wealth and happiness correlation

STUDIES show that for most people, happiness increases steadily as income rises and can even accelerate at higher earnings. For a small cohort of...

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Rashid Ahmed Mughal

From independence to responsibility

As Pakistan approaches another Independence Day, the familiar celebrations will once again fill our streets with flags, lights, national songs and...

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Abdul Basit Khan

Building an Intelligent CPEC Through China-Pakistan AI Cooperation

Building an Intelligent CPEC Through China-Pakistan AI Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) presents a forward-looking vision in which artificial...

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Muhammad Zamir Assadi

BRI and China’s Global Destiny

BRI and China’s Global Destiny

In an era of rapid geopolitical “flux”, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as a “pivotal” platform for advancing...

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

From crushing Iran to avoiding economic catastrophe in the USA

Nearly six months later, President Donald Trump is no longer speaking confidently about unconditional victory. He is talking about negotiations and...

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Qamar Bashir

The Makkah Pact: The New Game in Town

The bigger story is that a self-reliant, regionally driven security architecture is the new game in town. When global collective security is weakened,...

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Huma Baqai

For a competent Presidential Technocrat Government

Pakistan’s gravest crisis is not merely its shortage of foreign exchange, rising debt, increasing poverty, frozen exports, mega corruption or...

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News Desk

The meal before the lesson

PAKISTAN’S education emergency is measured through attendance: out-of-school numbers dominate every plan. The Economic Survey 2025-26 reports that...

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Waqar Hassan

Makkah joint defence agreement: Analysis

THE convergence of strategic thinking among the leaders of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye led to a landmark security agreement capable of...

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Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Pakistan’s growing health crisis: A call for action

PAKISTAN is facing an alarming rise in patients. In recent years, even expensive hospitals are overflowing. People stand in long queues, spending...

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News Desk

Makkah defence agreement: A strategic message

IN a move that could reshape the strategic balance of power in the Middle East, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have signed the Makkah Joint...

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Syed Khawar Abbas

A minority week, A promise to all

HOW a country treats those who are different from its majority often says more about its character than how it celebrates its majority. That idea sits...

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Qudrat Ullah

The high cost of peace in KP

THE geo-strategic location of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the merger of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Frontier Regions, the return of the...

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Dr Amir Ullah Khan

From “Never Again” to Nuclear Coercion: Forgetting the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

‘A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again’, these were the words which President Trump used on 7 April 2026 in what...

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Syed Ahmed Ali

Forging a Solid Foundation of Unity under the Rule of Law Embracing a Brighter Future Through Cooperation

On July 1st, the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China officially came into effect. As the first foundational...

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H.e. Jiang Zaidong Ambassador Of The People's Republic Of China To Pakistan

The Makkah Defence Pact: The Threats Behind the Alliance

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan is being described as a Muslim version of NATO. Turkish Foreign...

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Qamar Bashir

Fraud & justice never dwell together

COURTS of law are meant for imparting justice between the parties and a party that ap-proaches the court with filthy hands taints the stream of...

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News Desk

Three nations, one security vision

The proposed Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is not the creation of a new geopolitical bloc but the...

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Tariq Khan Tareen

The Makkah joint defence agreement

It is heartening news that on August 7, 2026, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip...

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Dr Maqsood Jafri

India’s military under shadow of corruption

Corruption rarely begins with dramatic headlines. It starts quietly, inside procurement files, approval notes and financial decisions that seldom...

10.08.2026 30

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Tania Wafa

Selling the sacred

DIGITAL economy has found a market for almost everything, including the most intimate corners of human life. Marriage, once regarded as a deeply...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Kashmir: A century of resistance and sacrifice

The people of Jammu and Kashmir have a long history of resisting foreign invasions and occupations. In this process they have rendered unprecedented...

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Does Pakistan Need More Provinces—or a Democratic Reset?

The latest restrictions imposed on international journalists in Pakistan have once again exposed a deeper crisis of governance. Under the new...

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Qamar Bashir