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Every era has had its own definition of power. For centuries, it was land, then industrial capacity and oil, and more recently, data and digital...
This summer, Pakistan has passed through multiple gender-based violence cases, with a little pause in between. Several unreported cases, perhaps, fill...
“A drone is a weapon. When it works badly, it is terrible and counterproductive.” Bernie Sanders “A drone is a weapon. When it works badly, it...
Social media in Pakistan has grown into one of the most closely watched digital ecosystems in South Asia, not just for its scale but for how tightly...
On July 26 and 27, 2026, more than 30 water systems in Minnesota were hit by cyberattacks. A few days later, matching exploits were lodged in other US...
Punjab’s Crime Control Department was set up to fight crime. Its own record of alleged extrajudicial killings suggests it has started producing...
In Pakistan, when high school students begin thinking about their future, the direction is almost decided in advance. Medicine, engineering, maybe...
On August 19, 2026, President Trump announced the launch of the most crushing economic operation taken against the enemy and threatened Iran with an...
Pakistan is once again debating a redrawing of its administrative map. Reports suggest proposals under informal discussion include bringing Karachi...
We know many instances where we search a person’s name and the internet has preserved a version of that person long after the law or time has moved...
On August 25, 2026, the family of five-year-old Ayat Noor buried a child they had spent fifteen days searching for. She had gone missing from Pathan...
There are 80 seconds in which an entire nation stands still. Eighty seconds where schoolchildren straighten their backs, soldiers salute, and millions...
How Did Pakistan Begin Its Political Journey after Independence? (1947–1951) The political history of Pakistan started with the formidable task of...
On June 17, 2026, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Tashkent was actively working on the Trans-Afghan Corridor, a railway route that...
Trump’s First-Term China Strategy: Tariffs, Sanctions, and Strategic Confrontation The US President Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in May of this year....
What Is CSS 2027 MPT? FPSC Preliminary Test Rules, Marks & Passing Criteria For years, the Central Superior Services (CSS) examination in Pakistan...
What Has Changed in Pakistan’s Politics Since 2025? While 2025 started as a year when Pakistan had to be cautious, it turned out to be remarkably...
If thinking, according to René Descartes, is what makes us exist, I would cease to exist in the coming days. The daily reports of sexual abuse,...
Switching alliances, shifting blocs, and retooling policy are integral to the conduct of international relations. For decades, Pakistan has followed a...
The number of companies in Pakistan recently surpassed 300,000. While this advancement received acclaim, many quarters questioned its significance in...
The Red Sea has emerged as one of the major chokepoints of the 21st century. Houthis are frequently attacking commercial ships, disrupting global...
As you read history from the sweep of gigantic political narratives, great men standing at the centers of social and political upheavals. Do you...
Pakistan’s capital city features a modern airport that is highly regarded as one of the best in South Asia. Islamabad International Airport, also...
In the contemporary world, states do not need armies with physical weapons; economic coercion can be enough to shock other states. The optimism of the...
Trump’s Favorite Foreign Partner? The Rise of the Trump–Erdoğan Alliance Donald Trump has pretty testy relationships with other world leaders,...
From Allies to Adversaries: How Pakistan and the Taliban Fell Out On Wednesday, July 1st, Afghanistan launched a series of drone strikes at targets in...
Bread and Circuses: An Old Formula of Control The Roman elite understood something that has never stopped being true: keep people fed and entertained,...
The Iran-US-Israel conflict is far more than merely a regional military conflict. It is a pivotal moment in reshaping the Middle East’s geopolitical...
On August 26, 2026, a wall of ice, rock, mud, and water swept through the Himalayan borderlands of Nepal, taking over communities on the Lende Khola,...
After decades of democratic change, feudalism is still present in every facet of politics, economics, and society in Pakistan. Elections have been...
India’s landmark policy of strategic autonomy, rooted in non-alignment, remained a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy. It allowed India to...
The freedom to stop fighting is not distributed equally. In August 2021, the United States withdrew from Afghanistan after twenty years of war....
Gold has had one of the wildest years in recent memory. If you have been watching the rates go up one week & drop the next, you are not imagining...
In August 2025, a single hour of extreme rainfall killed hundreds of people in Buner district and reshaped Pakistan’s conversation about climate...
Pakistan is rich in mineral resources and is estimated to possess significant deposits of gold, copper, and other minerals. However, the mineral...
Türkiye is one of the more powerful military forces in the region and solely in Asia Minor and has relatively high strategic autonomy in defence. It...
Afghanistan’s already fragile healthcare sector, weakened by decades of conflict and reliance on foreign aid, has faced severe strain since the...
While Pakistan has been busy brokering peace deals, the Moscow-Kabul military agreement presents a more complicated picture for Pakistan’s...
In January 2026, a subtle adjustment was made by the U.S. Commerce Department that was not noticed by the public. They altered the export rules for...
Since industrialization and the ‘great acceleration’ of the Anthropocene, Homo sapiens has relentlessly advanced in its inexorable march of...
Soiling, or dust/sand and pollutants on PV modules, can reduce power output by as much as 25% in certain cases. If panels are not clean, the yields...
Have you read about the breadth of philosophers’ and scientists’ interests from the distant past and wondered how a person could produce such a...
“The origin of the uprising is not mobilization—that comes rather late in the process. Rather, the origin of the uprising is a broken social...
The creation of new federating units or provinces has regained attention nowadays. The debate has been further intensified when Mohsin Naqvi hinted...
Artificial intelligence has quickly changed from an idea into a strong force moving society from simple things like virtual assistants and...
Escaping the Cost Trap On 20 July, the European Commission launched its Digital Product Passport Registry, making supply-chain transparency an...
Is the atrocity of rape morally wrong? Is murdering someone in cold blood culpable? Almost universally, such grievous wrongdoings are condemned as...
People often say that moving from fuels to renewable energy will end the fights over oil and gas. For a time, controlling oil has shaped how countries...
Pakistan’s aviation model rests on a false premise: air travel has been treated as an elite convenience rather than an engine of economic growth....
I have never been very optimistic about the decentralization of the security framework. Currently, the Middle East, and particularly the Gulf region,...