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Power does not operate only through direct violence. Institutions determine who can question whom, whose knowledge is considered legitimate, and whose...
The Quran repeatedly invites human beings to look at ayat - signs. Some of these signs are contained in revelation; others are scattered across the...
The Indian electoral system is back in the news because of the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), where critics claim that...
There are few things more corrosive to the rule of law than the belief that power brings immunity. In Pakistan, people with money and influence can...
The coordinated announcement by Britain, France, Canada, and nine other nations to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements is a welcome step, and...
The pain of losing a newborn child cannot be explained, only felt. The risk of this tragedy is regrettably exacerbated by both an inadequate...
The Karachi police "showed their mettle" earlier this week by "fearlessly" detaining non-violent participants of a sit-in who were...
Houthi brinkmanship is driving the region toward a major conflict. The Yemeni militia's coordinated attacks on several cities in southern Saudi...
From the First Gulf War to the conflicts of 2026, space-based infrastructure has moved beyond merely supporting military operations to becoming deeply...
The greatest fantasy of science fiction is to build an intelligence, powerful enough to solve the oldest problem of the universe - entropy, the...
An AI-generated ad infiltrates our screens while we gorge on our meals, before the YouTube video we selected begins. Synthetic faces have become...
Dr Professor Arif Khan Saqi, chairman of the University of Karachi’s (UoK) Islamic Learning Department, was allegedly severely assaulted and held...
As the GSP-Plus renewal is due, Pakistan has to brace itself to meet the EU's trade regulation benchmarks. Islamabad has no choice but to ensure...
International Literacy Day comes around each year with little cause for celebration in Pakistan. Despite decades of promises and successive education...
There is a peculiar, state-manufactured dysfunction currently plaguing Sindh's healthcare department that is entirely nonsensical at face value....
Pakistan's decision to retire Rs1.2 trillion of domestic debt owed to the SBP ahead of schedule deserves more than a passing headline. It is the...
It is much safer to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. Niccolo Machiavelli There is an intriguing coincidence at the very beginning of the...
I have been accused of becoming antisocial so many times that I am starting to wonder whether I should hold a press conference and clear the matter...
Perhaps I am old fashioned. I never got a Kindle or any other gadget to read books on a tablet. Every book that I read, I want to experience the joy...
Pakistan's technology sector is enjoying an impressive moment. IT and IT-enabled services exports have reportedly reached $4.6 billion,...
Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israel has left no stone unturned in ensuring that it breaks as many articles of the Geneva...
George Orwell was worried about what happens when language serves power. In his 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, he showed how political...
The war in Afghanistan in which the United States is still engaged in some way started in December 2001. It was launched to punish the Taliban...
At educational institutions, the staff is divided into two broader categories: teaching and non-teaching. The non-teaching staff include cleaners,...
For many women, violence and discrimination are social stratification and family structures. From the moment a girl is born into a lower-middle-class...
An influx of recent news regarding femicide and rape against women and girls once again highlights the ever-persistent issue of gender-based violence...
The Indus Delta is dying, and Pakistan is allowing it to happen largely out of sight. Journalists, environmentalists and policymakers have repeatedly...
Jamaat-i-Islami's sustained campaign against the petroleum levy appears to have yielded its first meaningful concession from the government....
Karachi has seen four climate marches in recent years that reportedly drew a thousand or more participants each, with organisers now escalating claims...
Pakistan's diplomatic image-building peaked when a 300-member US delegation and a 71-member Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan on 11 April...
Shockingly, fourteen newborn babies died in a fire at PIMS Islamabad on August 26. They had entered perhaps the most protected space society can offer...
"Hi, I hope you are well. I just encountered your column (CSS Mishap), and I can feel the pain of the deceased student because my (CSS) result...
Hawala networks are once again becoming a source of concerning headlines, as operators of the notorious informal money transfer system are reportedly...
It has become a convention for American legislators to act as a vanguard team in defending Israeli interests. In doing so, they often act above...
New York City's decision to impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI from pre-school through eighth grade is an unusually...
Four recent developments explain the credibility - or the absence of it - of Pakistan's self-centred, visionless rulers and the inability of the...
A Chinese shipyard recently logged more new vessel orders in six months than all of most nations' merchant fleets. In the first half of this year...
On August 15, 2024, I produced an hour-long video commentary for my YouTube channel (@fptalks) and tried to publish it. For some magical reason, it...