In Pakistan, Ramazan does not arrive like an ordinary month. It descends like a season namely half sacred, half social and fully intense. The atmosphere changes, markets glow, and we greet each other with 'Ramazan Mubarak'. Yet, too often, we reduce this month to a change of routine rather than a change of character.

As a university teacher for many years, I observe a familiar shift every Ramazan across campus: not only in schedules, but in attitudes. A quiet assumption spreads that responsibility can be postponed. Classes begin to feel heavier, office corridors move slower, and the unspoken sentence becomes: "It's Ramazan, so things can wait." But if Ramazan means anything, it should mean the opposite i.e. more discipline, more integrity, more patience, and more care for others.

In classrooms, students look tired in a deeper way than physical fatigue. Many are already carrying the modern burdens of weak sleep, mental distraction, financial pressure and family stress. Ramazan adds another........

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