Beyond symbolism

A s global power dynamics continue to shift, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is positioning itself as a serious counterweight to traditional...

14.09.2025 2

Amjad Bashir Siddiqi

Fighting floods

P akistan is once again struggling to contain the damage from one of the worst floods in its history. Following multiple flash floods and heavy...

14.09.2025 20

Aamir Ghauri

A roadmap for flood management

F loods are not new to Pakistan. Since the catastrophic deluge of 2010 that inundated a fifth of the nation to the record monsoon flood of 2022...

14.09.2025 30

Dr Waseem Ali Tipu

Besides the climate change

O nce again, monsoon rains have inundated vast stretches of Pakistan. Villages lie submerged, farmland ruined and families displaced. Such...

14.09.2025 6

Sana Siddique Rahimoo

A diplomatic crossroads

F ew people, only a few months ago, may have imagined the state of relations between President Donald Trump of the United States and Prime Minister...

14.09.2025 5

Mariam Khan

A blueprint for inclusive urban governance

T ransport infrastructure in the Punjab has long mirrored the inertia of fragmented governance. Congested roads and a widening urban-rural mobility...

14.09.2025 2

Syed Bilal Hussain

Fashion’s Real Comeback

F or years, the calendar of Pakistani fashion had sat unnervingly empty. The showcase of fashion weeks, once the barometer of ambition and...

14.09.2025 3

Shahjehan Saleem

For a livable city

I f you are heading towards Main Boulevard, Gulberg, from the Mini Market roundabout, you cannot miss development work going on along the road. The...

14.09.2025 2

Ahsan Raza

Pink and green: Indonesia’s season of reckoning

It apparently began with disagreement over a perk. Lawmakers in Jakarta, already widely distrusted, had approved a new monthly housing allowance —...

14.09.2025 3

Tahir Kamran

Protecting care workers in Pakistan

C are work, as old as humanity itself, sustains life and enables economic productivity across all societies. It involves meeting the physical,...

14.09.2025 4

Iftikhar Ahmad

In defiance of power

J ulien Benda once wrote that “real intellectuals are supposed to risk being burned at the stake, ostracised or crucified. They have to be in a...

13.09.2025 3

Sayed Adeel Ijaz

When climate turns against lives, livelihoods

N azo Dharejo—once hailed as ‘Pakistan’s toughest woman’ for defending her land in Qazi Ahmed, a farming town in southern Sindh, against 200...

06.09.2025 1

Waqar Mustafa

Flood everywhere

R aging floods have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan. Monsoon rains in August brought deluges from different directions. During...

06.09.2025 1

Naseer Memon

Fixing the link between budget and care

I t’s 9am in a rural health centre. The waiting room is full; the shelves are bare; and the generator is silent—there was no budget for fuel this...

06.09.2025 1

Obaid Arshad Khan

SCO and climate disasters

T he Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has concluded its summit in Tianjin, China, with the adoption of the Tianjin Declaration, a wide-ranging...

06.09.2025 3

Abdul Rauf Shakoori

Why the state keeps failing its people

I n the early 17th Century, as monsoon waters swelled the Chenab River, the city of Multan faced a flood that could have wiped it from the map....

06.09.2025 3

Tahir Kamran

Rise of the Neo Orient

I n realist literature exemplified by Graham Allison’s Thucydides Trap, as well as in American strategic policymaking under former president Joe...

06.09.2025 7

Dr Ejaz Hussain

Bilal Maqsood’s beautiful universe of music, storytelling and endearing puppets

B ilal Maqsood’s name carries a resonance that spans decades, a voice that has shaped the soundscape of Pakistan’s pop-rock history through the...

06.09.2025 6

Maheen Sabeeh

Informed choices

W ith university admissions underway, thousands of families find themselves at the crossroads of decisions that will not only shape individual...

06.09.2025 1

Khalid Pervez

Venice 2025: Red carpet as a stage for fashion and film

F Film festivals are often a platform to push the boundaries of fashion. It begs the question: is the star serving the story, the designer, or...

06.09.2025 2

Nosheen Sabeeh

Flood and tears

F or the inhabitants of the Chuhng area, along Multan Road, life changed dramatically as floodwater destroyed their properties and cast away their...

06.09.2025 2

Ahsan Raza

Preventable infernos

L ate one afternoon, a devastating fire erupted on the fourth floor of a bustling office building in Karachi. A faulty electrical panel had...

06.09.2025 4

Amjad Bashir Siddiqi

Audacious and sensational cricket between South Africa and Australia

Cricket fans have witnessed some audacious and sensational cricket between South Africa & Australia in recently-concluded ODI and T20 series 2025 (...

05.09.2025 2

Omar Malik

From Full House to Global Spotlight: MMA emerges as Pakistan’s new sporting power

Pakistan Combat Night was more than a fight card, it was a declaration. A declaration that Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is no longer on the periphery...

05.09.2025 4

Sarfraz Ahmed

The vanquished in history

Walter Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940) is a dense, poetic critique of both traditional historicism and orthodox Marxism,...

31.08.2025 1

Tahir Kamran

Between floods and funds

O ne year after signing a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund, Pakistan once again faces financial strain as well as a climate...

31.08.2025 2

Dr Hafiz Muhammad Usman Rana

Consensus building

O n August 22, President Asif Ali Zardari appointed the 11th National Finance Commission to consider the division of financial resources between...

31.08.2025 20

Mubasher Bukhari

This isn’t just natural misfortune

“Ravi toh Chenab puchda… ki haal ae Sutluj da” T There is a reason why Punjabi folklore, known for traditional wisdom and insights, understood the...

31.08.2025 20

Ahmed Ahsan

Ali Sethi drops his debut album, Love Language

Beyond expected sound S ome albums are meant to simply be heard; other albums demand your physical foray into their space. Released on August 1,...

31.08.2025 1

Maheen Sabeeh

Managing urban flooding in the Punjab

U rban flooding has become an increasingly familiar headline in the Punjab. Every year as the monsoon rains sweep across the plains, roads...

31.08.2025 3

Idrees Haider

The informal care economy

P akistan has ratified 36 International Labour Organisation conventions, including eight core ones. Three crucial conventions that directly pertain...

31.08.2025 2

Ume Laila Azhar

Mechanisation of medicine

O ver the course of the last century, medicine has witnessed astonishing progress. Scientific breakthroughs in diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and...

31.08.2025 1

Tooba Rafi

Mourning our losses

T wo weeks after the devastating floods, the lush green valleys of Pir Baba and Bayshonai in Buner district still resemble a disaster zone. Sirens...

31.08.2025 3

Muhammad Daud Khan

Our repetitive urban crisis

T he floods of 2022 and the ongoing floods have been national emergencies. Caused by extreme monsoon rains, melting glaciers, flash floods in...

31.08.2025 1

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Newspaper Columnists

Beyond symbolism

Amjad Bashir Siddiqi

Fighting floods

Aamir Ghauri

A roadmap for flood management

Dr Waseem Ali Tipu

Besides the climate change

Sana Siddique Rahimoo

A diplomatic crossroads

Mariam Khan

A blueprint for inclusive urban governance

Syed Bilal Hussain

Fashion’s Real Comeback

Shahjehan Saleem

For a livable city

Ahsan Raza

Pink and green: Indonesia’s season of reckoning

Tahir Kamran

Protecting care workers in Pakistan

Iftikhar Ahmad

In defiance of power

Sayed Adeel Ijaz

When climate turns against lives, livelihoods

Waqar Mustafa

Flood everywhere

Naseer Memon

Fixing the link between budget and care

Obaid Arshad Khan

SCO and climate disasters

Abdul Rauf Shakoori

Why the state keeps failing its people

Tahir Kamran

Rise of the Neo Orient

Dr Ejaz Hussain

Bilal Maqsood’s beautiful universe of music, storytelling and endearing puppets

Maheen Sabeeh

Informed choices

Khalid Pervez

Venice 2025: Red carpet as a stage for fashion and film

Nosheen Sabeeh

Flood and tears

Ahsan Raza

Preventable infernos

Amjad Bashir Siddiqi

Audacious and sensational cricket between South Africa and Australia

Omar Malik

From Full House to Global Spotlight: MMA emerges as Pakistan’s new sporting power

Sarfraz Ahmed

The vanquished in history

Tahir Kamran

Between floods and funds

Dr Hafiz Muhammad Usman Rana

Consensus building

Mubasher Bukhari

This isn’t just natural misfortune

Ahmed Ahsan

Ali Sethi drops his debut album, Love Language

Maheen Sabeeh

Managing urban flooding in the Punjab

Idrees Haider

The informal care economy

Ume Laila Azhar

Mechanisation of medicine

Tooba Rafi

Mourning our losses

Muhammad Daud Khan

Our repetitive urban crisis

Marium Naveed