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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EVERY nation has two birthdays. The first marks its independence. The second begins when it fulfills the ideals upon which that independence was won....
SOCIAL harmony refers to the ability of individuals and communities to understand and respect one another’s ideas, beliefs, emotions, and actions...
AMONG the many concepts developed within Islamic mysticism (Tasawwuf), Wahdat al-Shuhūd (Unity of Witnessing) occupies a significant place. It...
HISTORY is shaped not only by wars and revolutions but also by agreements that redefine relationships among nations. The defence understanding reached...
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:...
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...
The creation of Pakistan marks a watershed moment in twentieth-century history, achieved despite monumental challenges and staggering obstacles. These...
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...
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...
14 August 1947 – Reemergence of Muslim rule in subcontinent since1857 . Muslims in united India would have been perpetually under Hindu slavery and...
QUAID-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was a towering personality, transformative statesman, indispensable and dynamic...
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...
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...
August 14, 2026 marks the 79th Independence Day of Pakistan. A day filled with pride, devotion and integrity for every Pakistani, regardless of caste,...
THE Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), the trilateral defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, formalized in Makkah on August 7,...
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...
FEDERAL Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s statement that “whether anyone accepts it or not, our system has collapsed or failed” cannot simply be...
WHAT is the Makkah defense pact? In brief, the Makkah Defense Pact represents the biggest transformation since the upheaval brought about by the...
A few days back, this scribe came across one aggrieved family who revealed that, adopting conversational strategies, their paternal uncles to...
THE Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia could prove to be one of the most consequential developments in the...
CARVING Value: Pakistan’s Stone and Mineral Economy is a timely contribution to the discourse on Pakistan’s natural resource potential and...
World Breastfeeding Week 2026 FROM 1-7 August, the world observes World Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign led by the World Alliance for...
STUDIES show that for most people, happiness increases steadily as income rises and can even accelerate at higher earnings. For a small cohort of...
As Pakistan approaches another Independence Day, the familiar celebrations will once again fill our streets with flags, lights, national songs and...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) presents a forward-looking vision in which artificial...
In an era of rapid geopolitical “flux”, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as a “pivotal” platform for advancing...
Nearly six months later, President Donald Trump is no longer speaking confidently about unconditional victory. He is talking about negotiations and...
The bigger story is that a self-reliant, regionally driven security architecture is the new game in town. When global collective security is weakened,...
Pakistan’s gravest crisis is not merely its shortage of foreign exchange, rising debt, increasing poverty, frozen exports, mega corruption or...
PAKISTAN’S education emergency is measured through attendance: out-of-school numbers dominate every plan. The Economic Survey 2025-26 reports that...
THE convergence of strategic thinking among the leaders of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye led to a landmark security agreement capable of...
PAKISTAN is facing an alarming rise in patients. In recent years, even expensive hospitals are overflowing. People stand in long queues, spending...
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...
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...
THE geo-strategic location of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the merger of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Frontier Regions, the return of the...
‘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...
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...
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan is being described as a Muslim version of NATO. Turkish Foreign...
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...
The proposed Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is not the creation of a new geopolitical bloc but the...
It is heartening news that on August 7, 2026, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip...
Corruption rarely begins with dramatic headlines. It starts quietly, inside procurement files, approval notes and financial decisions that seldom...
DIGITAL economy has found a market for almost everything, including the most intimate corners of human life. Marriage, once regarded as a deeply...
The people of Jammu and Kashmir have a long history of resisting foreign invasions and occupations. In this process they have rendered unprecedented...
The latest restrictions imposed on international journalists in Pakistan have once again exposed a deeper crisis of governance. Under the new...