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The persistent volatility across the Pak-Afghan border has long ceased to be a mere bilateral friction, evolving instead into a central vortex of...
Every year on June 26, the world observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, a reminder of the growing threat posed by...
Islam is, at its foundation, the word and legacy of one being: the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It was he who declared the Quran to be the divine word of...
It is really hard not to be a sceptic in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. If you get stuck in a traffic jam for hours due to insane protocol for...
Recent news has been circulating in the international media, which says that Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was used in the bombing and attacks on Iran. A...
This week, workplaces across the globe will pause to reflect on what it truly means to support the health of their people. This year’s World...
Daniel Craig’s Skyfall, blasphemous to the whole idea of James Bond yet one of the best among the later Bonds, has a very interesting conversation...
For anyone following the Pakistani economy independently and objectively, the unambiguous growing threats tend to be quite obvious. The question is:...
“I have heard the doubts of my party and I accept their judgement with humility.” “Serving as Prime Minister has been the greatest honour of my...
June is National Immigration Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the diverse peoples and cultures that have made America great. This year, when not...
The decision by the United Kingdom, France, and the United States to place a technical hold on Pakistan and China’s proposal to designate the...
Global climate patterns are changing the seasonal weather of the South Asian region. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has issued an alert for...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept confined to research laboratories and science-fiction narratives. It has emerged as one...
What is something we all do almost every day, yet each time it leaves us slightly puzzled? Negotiation. Whether it is a child bargaining with a parent...
Today marks the 73rd birth anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. Throughout her political career, she consistently raised her voice for the...
In rural Sindh, old age is often accompanied by economic insecurity. Unlike formal sector employees who may receive pensions, many elderly citizens...
A week into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the familiar stars are doing familiar things. Kylian Mbappé’s two goals against Senegal made him France’s...
‘It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.’ — Dr Henry Kissinger. The USA President Donald Trump and...
In Umerkot District alone, more than 25,000 profiles of senior citizens have repeatedly been collected by the Social Welfare Department over the...
Reports and videos poured in from our eastern neighbour, showing a tragedy. An Antonov An-32 transport plane crashed after experiencing instability...
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell. It was not only Israel which had a perceived security threat...
Pakistan is among the fortunate countries of the world where the proportion of young people in the population is exceptionally high. Nearly two-thirds...
June is the last month of an outgoing financial year, while the new financial year begins on the first day of July. As such, it is mandatory for the...
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever,” George Orwell on totalitarianism. The Shah, at the behest...
There have been many crises in this region in the past, including sharp internal conflicts. For example, the Iran-Iraq War of 1980, which dragged on...
A closer look at the past few years reveals a disturbing pattern that is impossible to ignore: since 2022, not a single year has passed without...
Pakistan has played a key role as mediator between the USA and Iran. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has officially confirmed that a text has been...
The conclusion of a peace agreement on the Persian Gulf conflict is on the horizon, leaving a vital aspect to be addressed: the establishment of a...
“If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, and murder...
It has taken me some time to reflect on this latest 2026-27 Federal Budget announcement, as I could not really grasp what the government’s vision...
In what is being described as one of the most significant diplomatic breakthroughs of recent years, the United States and Iran have reportedly reached...
One of the most striking characteristics shared by many members of what might be called the Old Guard of global politics is their reliance upon...
Every four years, football briefly becomes the centre of global culture. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is already doing what it always does best: forcing...
What happens when nearly one-third of the world's women become invisible? Not physically invisible, but absent from our screens, stories,...
Every year, Pakistan’s Economic Survey serves as an important mirror reflecting the overall performance of the national economy. It not only reviews...
“The issue confronting the world today is not simply one of age. It is whether a generation of political leadership whose intellectual formation...
The recent escalation of the US-Iran conflict has turned the critical Strait of Hormuz into a combat zone, directly endangering the lives of thousands...
Pakistan is among the countries that have a very low share of global environmental impacts but are affected the most by climate change. The government...
Pakistan's Test cricket team is enduring one of the weakest periods in its history. The results are difficult to ignore, but statistics alone do...
Structural paralysis of Western security arrangements in the Indo-Pacific has a clear cause. For years, the United States and its allies have tried to...
The on-again, off-again Iran war is now acquiring critical dimensions as the two protagonists, the US and Israel, cannot seem to agree on how to bring...
For millennia, diplomacy was the art of averting force through words. From the sacred envoys of ancient Egypt to the codified protocols of the Vienna...
In the last six decades or so, for various reasons, the face of Pakistani society has been marred by invasive alien cultural and religious rites and...
Israel’s strategic compulsions to expand are rooted in the peculiar geography that it inherited at its inception, the invalidity of its creation and...
The mountains around Rawalakot have witnessed bloodshed before. But the violence that erupted there in early June 2026, leaving at least eleven people...
For decades, the constitutional architecture of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has rested on a delicate balance between democratic representation,...
The European Union (EU) is among the world’s most important economic and political blocs. Comprising 27 member states, it functions through common...
Every year on 6 June, called D-Day, there is a celebration of the Allied Forces successfully undertaking the invasion of Normandy in France in 1944,...
The Federal Budget 2026–27 of Pakistan is now expected to be presented in the National Assembly on 12 June 2026, marking a slight revision in the...
Once, the roads that used to go to Rome are now going to Beijing, a central point where the United States appears to have found its existence in...
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