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'Deterrence' in military parlance is, simply put, to 'deter' a potential adversary of the outsized consequences and disproportionate response to any...
The family of Noor Mukadam may finally see justice served, as her killer has run out of legal avenues to delay his death sentence. The Supreme...
Many movies, shows and books exist about the circumstances surrounding the Bin Laden killing in Abbottabad, Pakistan. As with any other major...
At least six lives, including those of three innocent children, were snatched in a harrowing act of terrorism on Wednesday morning in Khuzdar...
As India stumbled to control the global narrative, the world witnessed a spectacle not of strategy, but of survival. In the aftermath of the...
If rivers could talk, the Indus would not whisper; it would thunder. Not in rage, but sorrow for being mislabeled, mistreated, and now almost...
Army Chief Gen Asim Munir is now a Field Marshal. While Pakistan's second Field Marshal, Asim Munir is the only one who has been awarded with the...
Pakistan is at the frontline of the global climate crisis, and nowhere is this more visible — or more devastating — than in its rapidly melting...
Street crime has been a growing concern – in the urban centres of Pakistan. While Karachi has long been synonymous with robbery and mugging, this...
When violence erupts — in Gaza, Kashmir or any other conflict zone — governments, media and international actors often rush to frame it in stark,...
The extermination of 12 'Indian proxy' terrorists in a gunfight with security forces confirms the notion that external meddling is the order of the...
Being semiotician, I am euphemistic. I can, therefore, just say that Indian media while monetising the threat of large-scale human disaster entered...
Every semester, I return to a familiar question while addressing my students: What will power the world when fossil fuels are no longer available?...
One ought to remain optimistic about the future, for living in despair is neither noble nor productive. Yet, Pakistan suffers from what I call a...
Mountaineering looks like a kid's stuff for us Pakistanis. And this is no overstatement. So many of our mountaineers have made the country proud by...
After failing to win the latest, four-day war with Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is acting like a wounded lion whose ego is deeply...
At universities and colleges across the US and Canada, May is the graduation season. With fanfare and pomp, graduation day brings festivities and...
Irtaza Abbas Turi was seven years old. He had no knowledge of geopolitics, no stake in borders, no understanding of the hate that precedes a...
After facing embarrassment on the military and diplomatic fronts, India is bent upon escalating tensions with Pakistan by weaponising water as a...
Taxpayers contribute a portion of their hard-earned income each year with the expectation that their money will be used to improve public welfare....
Our world is not only unequal and unjust but also filled with ironies. One particular irony that has resurfaced recently is that militaries,...
After Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in May 1998 in response to India's detonations, it was widely believed that the two countries would no...
In the age of the 'global village' where netizens from all around the world have formed their personal identities and established their global...
Statistics are one part of the changing American story. The other include serious cultural backlash against people of colour and those who follow...
Just a year ago, agriculture was hailed as the "saviour" of Pakistan's economy. The sector recorded an impressive growth rate of 6.25% - the best...
The status quo is that the intending Hajis are not at fault. They bestowed their trust and hard-earned money with the government-regulated Haj...
It is heartening that a positive shift from quantity to quality is observed in our educational institutions. Some schools have started allocating...
The government has formalised some of its tax reforms by passing the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which is basically identical to the recent...
The IMF's latest tax policy suggestions for Islamabad in relation to the upcoming annual budget may cause further consternation, as salaried...
On May 11, just hours before Israeli American hostage Edan Alexander was released by Hamas, the nation of Gaza was celebrating news of a nearing...
It is that time of the year again. No, not mango season — though that might offer more sweetness than what is coming. It is pre-budget seminar...
India sought glory, and when the achievement of glory became the war-fighting aim, the only way you ended up fighting was a war of reputation....
Throughout the ages, sages, empathetic individuals and characters who emerged in different times and advocated for positive change have often been...
In a long-overdue move, the National Assembly has passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage and forced conversions - two deeply...
All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln The world around us — its mountains and plains, oceans and skies, flora...