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THE worst flood disaster in Nepal’s history has sounded an alarm bell: the Himalayas, Asia’s largest water reservoir, is on the brink of collapse....
Pakistan produces a great deal of health research, but very little of it reaches the people who make decisions. At the 16th Annual International...
OCTOBER 24 holds a distinguished place in the history of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It commemorates the establishment of the Azad Government of the State...
MOST recently China has celebrated the 90th anniversary of the victory of the “Long March” a remarkable revolutionary feat achieved under the...
IMAGINE living in a world, where one half of the population is striving to reach other planets and have made technological advancements well beyond...
THE proclamation of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Governor’s rule on October 11, 2026 has engaged the various segments of the society in a...
SOON after the devastating Second World War, which buried the League of Nations under its debris, the victorious powers established the United Nations...
PAKISTAN has successfully test-fired the extended Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile, witnessed by senior military officers, scientists and...
IT was a beautiful moonlit night, ideal for night flying at PAF Base Masroor, Karachi. The month was October in the year 1990. I was a Squadron Leader...
SINCE Narendra Modi’s Hindutva government came to power in India, life has been systematically made unbearable for Muslims. One after another,...
OCTOBER 24, 1947, holds a special place in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day, the people of the region established the Azad Jammu and...
IN order to dramatically expand nuclear power, India is bringing private sector in a nuclear legal framework traditionally dominated by the state. In...
QUESTION 2. ‘Many of us were introduced to religion through rules, accountability reward and punishment, yet you place love very early in your book,...
The Israeli E1 settlement plan is widely viewed by international governments and human rights organizations as a serious threat to regional peace...
SMOG is no longer merely an environmental problem; it is a serious public-health and economic challenge for Pakistan. Smoke, industrial emissions,...
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa stands at a crossroads. Decades of terrorism, political instability, displacement and economic deprivation have scarred the...
“Give us fifteen years, and we will produce a generation capable of overcoming the deprivations of the past eighty years.” WHEN Dr Khurshid Ahmad...
NATIONAL security depends not only on recognizing threats that demand immediate attention, but also on understanding the less visible developments...
THE peace fulcrum of the Middle East—historically balanced on a fragile equilibrium between Gulf stability, global energy transit and proxy...
THE China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stands at a pivotal stage in its evolution, moving beyond its foundational role in infrastructure...
The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as a major platform for development, connectivity, productivity and poverty alleviation. Its...
A politically sensitive debate has reignited in Pakistan over whether its four-province system can effectively govern a country of around 260 million...
PAKISTAN’S economic difficulties are usually discussed in terms of fiscal deficits, inflation, unemployment, debt, low exports and inadequate...
THE shifting landscape of international development assistance marked by recalibrated bilateral aid portfolios, including USAID programs and a...
RADIO Pakistan, which came into existence amidst emergence of Pakistan on August 14, 1947, is rightly described as the “mother of broadcasting in...
PAKISTAN and South Korea have agreed to further strengthen their bilateral cooperation in different fields including trade, commerce, power...
INDIA’S claim to be the world’s largest democracy, anchored in secularism, is under stress as BJP’s Hindutva governance buckles beneath protests...
Nations are shaped not only by their institutions and constitutions but also by historical experiences that leave a lasting imprint on the collective...
PAKISTAN’S Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012 and estimated at nearly 70 million, stands at a decisive crossroads. In a population where...
THE character of war is rapidly evolving as emerging technologies destabilize security. The pace of technological change is encouraging weaker...
“A nation’s strength—not gold but only men can make a people great and strong.” AS Pakistan navigates turbulent times, its citizens are...
PAKISTAN’S economy has been through difficult times. High inflation, rising living costs, weak investment and pressure on public finances have...
PUNJAB’S Nawaz Sharif Schools of Eminence initiative is a welcome step towards making quality education accessible to children from low-income...
ON the morning of 15 October, the children of Al-Khair Education Centre in Dir Colony, Peshawar, had barely begun their first lesson when the roof...
There is no national sovereignty without economic sovereignty, and economic sovereignty is a series of decisions about purchases, and whether they...
Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari has said that public welfare remains at the heart of the provincial government’s...
How unregulated real estate expansion, regulatory capture, and horizontal urban development are commercializing basic public goods while accelerating...
The history of Pakistan’s creation is a testament to the power of political conviction, constitutional argument and determined leadership. The...
Pakistan’s debt problem is usually told as a story about borrowing. It is just as much a story about not knowing. Official figures differ by...
THE Iran-USA-Israeli war is still raging and the conflict is getting closer to Pakistan. The crisis in Yemen once a part of British India is getting...
PAKISTAN has done what the International Monetary Fund asked. It has raised electricity tariffs, cut subsidies, tightened monetary policy, and let the...
AT JFK in New York he stood in line like everybody else. Getting into the aircraft, he moved aside to let a lady pass, even giving her a courteous...
THE declaration of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the PTI-led provincial government amid a deteriorating security situation, raises a...
THE debate over agricultural biotechnology in Pakistan has officially crossed the threshold from academic friction to binding state policy. Following...
The advent of the 21st century has ushered in a new era of technology-driven warfare, fundamentally transforming the traditional concept of national...
A province cannot be governed by political slogans, nor can terrorism be defeated through speeches about democracy alone. When ordinary citizens fear...
PAKISTAN’S future depends on how wisely it manages its water resources and few projects illustrate this challenge more clearly than the proposed...
October 18, 2007, was not merely a date in history. It was one of the darkest days in Pakistan’s political history, when hundreds of Pakistanis who...
SOVEREIGNTY and territorial integrity are the bedrock of the international order. For China, no issue is more closely tied to those principles than...
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa (KP) stands at a critical crossroads. The province faces a deepening crisis of insecurity, political instability, economic...
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