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When a diplomatic dialogue is elevated from the level of foreign ministers to that of heads of state, it is rarely a matter of protocol alone. Such...
SINCE Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi claimed that the state system has collapsed, the debate over creating new administrative units has gained...
THE decision by the government to revive Pakistan Steel Mills instead of proceeding with liquidation is encouraging. Pakistan needs a strong...
THE question of creating new provinces in Pakistan is becoming increasingly controversial over time. In Sindh, in particular, there is strong...
AT the heart of Islamic spirituality lies a profound question: What does it mean to exist? The Qur’an, Hadith, the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt,...
Some deaths merely close a life’s chapter. Others transform a life into an enduring trust. The passing of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on 11...
THE Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Summit, held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from August 31 to September 1, 2026, marked the...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has taken advantage of the recent G20 Finance Ministers’ meeting to target China over the trade imbalance issue,...
Last September, at the crucial historical juncture marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the...
PAKISTAN’S debate on the formation of new provinces continues to surface with renewed vigour, driven by the practical difficulties of governing a...
IT is widely believed and legally asserted that India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) constitutes a significant breach of...
BANGLADESH has effectively put Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India on hold, declaring that the trip is unlikely to happen unless...
SEPTEMBER 10 is observed as World Suicide Prevention Day, providing an opportunity to focus attention on one of the most serious yet preventable...
POWER in the twenty-first century is no longer determined by military strength alone. Economic resilience, technological superiority, intelligence,...
WHAT is the Makkah Pact and how can it help take the Muslim world towards a new height of destiny? A detailed dialogue on this subject brought back,...
Pakistan’s debate over the creation of new Provinces should now move beyond a narrow regional, linguistic or political discussion and become part of...
Nation sees manufacturing strength evolve into intelligent ecosystems A splash of ketchup on the floor became an impromptu challenge for a Chinese...
LATELY, Russian forces have captured more than 100 square kilometres of territory in the Donbas region, which is now almost 88 per cent under Russian...
TWENTY-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, one question remains: why did the attackers do it? It is uncomfortable, but avoiding...
ECONOMIC development is not a sole product of capital accumulation or technological advancement in a society rather fundamentally driven by the...
PAKISTAN’S governance crisis is often explained in remarkably simple terms: the bureaucracy is inefficient, corrupt, resistant to reform and...
THE COVID-19 origin mystery continues to unfold through significant legal developments, shifting perspectives from former high-ranking health...
It seems that ongoing global uncertainty, the chess of power politics and the economic war in terms of trade and tariffs, decoupling, delinking and...
The world is entering a new economic era where critical minerals are becoming as strategically important as oil was in the twentieth century. Rare...
In order to dramatically expand nuclear power, India is bringing the private sector into a nuclear legal framework traditionally dominated by the...
SEPTEMBER 8 is observed globally as International Literacy Day, reminding us that literacy is a foundation for human development, opportunity and...
THE Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague delivered a decisiveruling. It gave a historic verdict against unilateral water coercion by...
UNITED States-Iran tensions are straining regional security and weakening the regional economy. Sporadic military actions between them show that an...
DURING the wee hours of a somber evening on 01 September 1965, direct hotline at the PAF Air Defence Operations Center (ADOC) rang repeatedly...
THIS summer, Punjab established 6,060 learning camps across 3,030 selected schools in twelve districts. The eight-week initiative, notified under the...
On the historic 60th anniversary of International Literacy Day, celebrated under the global theme “Literacy for people, the planet, and...
Until we name the root, every workshop, every “grand dialogue,” and every billion-rupee package will remain theatre. Balochistan is not suffering...
The six-decade-old Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, was put into abeyance by India on April 23rd, 2026, after sixty-five years and exactly a day...
SHE was pathetically thin. The jeans she wore faded, cast offs maybe, the top cheap printed kurta also from an orphanage pool basket. She stood...
In August 1947 after a struggle led by Quaid-i- Azam and other pioneers, like Allama Iqbal, Maulana Zafar Ali, Maulana Mohd Ali Jauhar, Liaquat Ali,...
ON 28 February 2026, the USA in tandem with Israel launched its ferocious air assault on Iran. According to Donald Trump this attack was supposed to...
Pakistan needs effective and responsive governance to address the socio-economic and socio-political challenges confronting its people. At its core,...
After a lifetime of watching conflicts unfold, crises build and decisions being made in the shadows, I have learned to distrust one thing more than...
Pakistan may be preparing to redraw its political map, but a new map will not automatically produce better government. The debate over new provinces,...
In Balochistan, the distance between a patient and a hospital can be measured not merely in kilometres, but in chances of survival. A pregnant woman...
The decision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to restructure the Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR), introduce third-party...
TODAY, Pakistan marks Defence Day, the nation will once again turn its eyes towards mountains of the north and the deserts of Balochistan, towards...
SOVEREIGNTY is not a static possession; it is a language that nations must keep speaking. Defence Day of Pakistan, commemorated each year on 6...
THE debate over new provinces in Pakistan has been gaining renewed attention for understandable reasons. Population growth, expanding cities,...
SAY what you want, but I feel there’s something that’s slowly making an impact on India, one that is making the ruling party afraid, and that is...
IMAGINE a country built on mighty rivers and towering glaciers. That’s Pakistan. For years, water was our greatest gift. But today, that gift is...
FOR decades, Pakistan’s defence production has largely been viewed through lens of national security and self-reliance. That approach was...
On the morning of 06 September 1965, Pakistan did not wake to an ordinary sunrise. It woke to the rumble of armour, the shock of invasion and a...
There are moments in a nation’s history when the ordinary rhythm of life is suddenly replaced by an extraordinary test of courage. September 6, 1965...
It is nearing midnight September 9, (1965), location Chawinda, a village near Sialkot. Indian and Pakistani forces are locked in the biggest...
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