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Dr Zafar Khan SafdarGlobal Village Space |
PAKISTAN’S national security debate has long been dominated by the armed forces, border management and counterterrorism operations. Yet recent...
THERE is a particular cruelty in fighting a war that your neighbours are permitted to sustain indefinitely. Pakistan has lived with that reality for...
BALOCHISTAN is often portrayed as a province held hostage by terrorism. That is only part of the story. It has also been held captive by decades of...
THERE is a particular quality to the anger visible in Pakistan today that distinguishes it from ordinary frustration or political disagreement. It is...
PAKISTAN increasingly functions as two parallel societies. One purchases solutions from the private market whenever public institutions fail. The...
PETER Drucker, the management philosopher whose ideas shaped modern business thinking across 20th century, warned decades ago that the greatest danger...
Every budget arrives wrapped in promises and expectations, but some budgets reveal more than fiscal priorities; they expose strengths and limitations...
WHAT does the government give us in return for our taxes? In Pakistan, this question has become a reflex that is repeated in drawing rooms, on talk...
FOR decades, we have heard the same familiar phrase: “This budget is for the common man”. Every year, the budget is announced, the same claim is...
There was a time when education was considered a bridge between hardship and dignity. A degree was not merely a document but a promise, a social...
The next round of high-level talks between the United States and Iran is now expected to take place in Pakistan within the next 48 to 60 hours, where...
THE relationship between Pakistan and China is not a conventional diplomatic arrangement between two states. It is better understood as an evolving...
A peculiar stillness grips societies not in peace, but in quiet decline, a stillness rooted in avoidance instead of contentment and in a quiet turning...
As Pakistan prepares to present the Budget 2026-27 in Parliament, the moment demands more than routine fiscal adjustments. It demands direction. A...
A peculiar stillness grips societies not in peace, but in quiet decline, a stillness rooted in avoidance instead of contentment, and in a quiet...
A year has passed since the skies of South Asia were lit by drones and the deafening roar of fighter jets. In May 2025, India launched what it...
In March 2026, inspectors fanned out across Pakistan’s capital to examine the places where its people eat every day. They checked 1,618 food outlets...
In most countries, the cost of keeping the lights on, the water running, and the stove burning is a background detail of life, noticed only when...
EACH year on April 22, humanity pauses for a moment to mark World Earth Day. We plant a sapling, we post a green image on social media, we share a...
A capital is never just a collection of roads, institutions, and structures; it is also a reflection of the forces that move through it. At certain...
THERE was a time in Pakistan when public space carried an unwritten discipline. Streets were not perfect, systems were not efficient, and cities were...
WAR announces itself with noise. Diplomacy, when it matters most, arrives in a whisper. It does not step onto stages or travel with motorcades. It...
THE world has entered a new epoch where the hum of engines, the glow of city lights, and the rhythm of industry are no longer guaranteed. Energy, once...
BORDERS do more than separate states, they bind neighbours to one another’s decisions, for better or worse. Nowhere is this more evident than along...
A ceasefire can silence guns, but it cannot silence fear. In the present crisis surrounding Iran, the world may mistake a pause in hostilities for the...
IT was a moment of impossible choice, a time when the streets were filled with hope and tension, and voices rose together with a dream that had no map...
THE most dangerous moment in a troubled society is not the first act of violence but when violence becomes ordinary and a province is left to bleed in...
In the age of instant information, wars are no longer fought only on battlefields but are also waged in the crowded corridors of social media. Rumors...
The Middle East teeters once again on the edge of chaos, a reminder that history in this region rarely moves in straight lines. The latest conflict...
LAHORE’S sky last week looked like a moving painting. From dawn until well past midnight, thousands of kites in bright yellows, pinks, greens and...
MEDICAL negligence in Pakistan is often discussed in the abstract as a systemic problem, a lack of resources, or an unfortunate by-product of poverty....
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