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There are moments in international politics when silence is deceptive—when the absence of immediate action conceals preparation for something far...
At a time when the global economy is under severe strain, marked by supply chain disruptions, rising fuel prices, and persistent inflation, economic...
May 1st is not merely a date; it is a global symbol of respect for human labour. It is the day when the world remembers the individuals crushed...
During the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, this Arab American Heritage Month is a good time to reflect on the history of Arab...
There is a number that quietly challenges every planning meeting in Islamabad. Pakistan’s fisheries sector currently operates at one-quarter of its...
Irrefutable, perhaps, is the reality that each of us tends to know so very much more about others, but we hardly know our own selves. Most of us do...
An expert on US affairs posed a provocative question the other day. The ongoing war in the region will eventually end, he acknowledged. But then he...
Labour Day, observed on May 1, commemorates the historic struggle of workers for fair hours, wages, and dignity. Its roots lie in the 1886 Haymarket...
There are certain complex and sensitive issues in our society that governments often hesitate to address, choosing instead to keep them suppressed....
The region does not lack capable women; it lacks systems that recognise their capability early enough, protect it consistently enough, and invest in...
Recent events have once again exposed the real balance of power. Advanced intelligence, air superiority, technological precision, and coordinated...
Recently, Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump, the world’s most powerful man, had a dispute about politics and leadership. The Pope criticised...
“Empower a woman, and you do not change one life in isolation; you strengthen the quiet architecture of a family, a community, and a region.”...
The recent confrontation between Iran and the United States did more than expose a military imbalance. It exposed a strategic illusion that has shaped...
During the six-week-long war involving intensive airstrikes on Iran targeting its military and civil infrastructure, the combined forces of the USA...
The global economic discourse in the spring of 2026 is dominated by a single, apprehensive phrase: China Shock 2.0. From the halls of the European...
Pakistan’s education system is expanding schooling, but not necessarily learning. Enrolment numbers have improved over the years, yet a quieter...
As the war in the Gulf moves into its third month and warnings of its long-term effects on the global economy grow louder, the international financial...
May 2025 became a season of reckoning for India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set out to establish himself as a regional strongman and project...
Afghanistan has been failing to answer one question: if there is no existing relationship between the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban...
History has a peculiar way of disguising stagnation as motion. The first round of negotiations in Islamabad appeared to defy that pattern. Delegations...
It is a riddle generally acknowledged that after the end of the Cold War, the world shifted towards multipolarity. However, after the end of the Cold...
According to the Pakistan Foreign Office press release, Pakistan has successfully launched an indigenous Electro-optical (EO-3) satellite system with...
Issues of health in the contemporary era are challenging and daunting for people across the world. Among many deadly diseases, cancer is one of them....
For decades, frustrated reformers within the Democratic National Committee have fought for changes in party operations—particularly more financial...
Last July, Pakistan's federal cabinet approved the National AI Policy 2025 with considerable fanfare. The goals were ambitious: a million...
In the Bollywood movie Article 370, the female protagonist, an Indian intelligence officer navigating the polarised politics of Kashmir, calls...
This piece stems from a recently published op-ed, “Walk on a Tight Rope”, with reference to Pakistan’s untiring and tricky efforts to bring...
Where the industrial development of the twentieth century has provided comforts to mankind, it has also badly disrupted the balance of nature. While...
In an era that rejoices in specialisation, the paradigm of the polymath, the individual with deep and immersed knowledge of literature, military...
For decades, the projection of American power was defined by the sheer scale of its hardware. The sight of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier looming off...
We operate under a fatal delusion in Pakistan: the belief that silence preserves a child’s innocence. We assume that by withholding the vocabulary...
The contemporary international system is undergoing a subtle but consequential transformation in the conduct of warfare. The recent confrontation...
Every generation is, at some point, described as impatient. In Pakistan today, that characterisation has taken on a sharper edge. The country’s...
On social media, a wave of videos has recently exposed students using advanced gadgets to cheat in examinations. While the focus has been on policing...
European politics have been quite right-wing oriented for a good while. But maybe the trend is now ending, at least if we are to take lessons from the...
The most recent national census in Pakistan was the 7th Population and Housing Census, which took place from March to May 2023. While the Constitution...
Over time, the concept of power has continuously evolved with changes in global history and political order. Power is not defined by a single fixed...
Afghanistan has been failing to answer one question: if there is no existing relationship between the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban...
On April 14, the BBC Eye (related to the BBC World Service) issued a report and documentary titled “Stolen Lives: Who Gave Our Children HIV?”...
Punjab’s wheat harvest is laying bare a policy transition that may have made fiscal sense on paper, but has been badly handled in practice. The...
Ever since the U.S.-Israel military strikes against Iran, the conflict in the Middle East has been continuing and spreading, with the shadow of...
One would imagine that the United States of America should be quite familiar with Catch-22, since it was coined by the author and novelist Joseph...
There is a recent drama airing on ARY that shows a doctor from a middle-class family struggling with her career. During her journey, she marries a man...
Pakistan just made history by smartly bringing the two belligerent states, the United States and Iran, to the negotiating table in Islamabad recently....
With the apparent collapse of the US talks with Iran, President Donald Trump finds himself in a box with no easy way out. Polls are showing that key...
A fierce four-week war between the US-Israel and Iran led to the first round of talks between the warring parties in Islamabad on April 11, which set...
“Today marks the end of Iranian civilisation.” Donald Trump’s provocative declaration captured the apocalyptic mood of a region sliding toward...
There was an inherent flaw in the structure and organisation of Islamabad Talks 1:0 which may have contributed to the eventual gridlock. Only two of...
Pakistan is educating too many young people for a future that does not exist. We continue to send millions through schools, colleges, and universities...
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