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![]() M Zeb KhanThe News International |
One of the most unsettling paradoxes in Pakistani society today is the gap between outward religiosity and inner moral emptiness. Many individuals who...
Universities around the world are under siege. Rising tuition fees, declining graduate employability and the rapid spread of micro-credentials and...
When a tragedy strikes in Pakistan, the most common reaction is: "It was God's will." This simple phrase has profound power and implications. It helps...
Every society wrestles with a fundamental question: how much should the state take care of its people, and how much should it leave to the market?...
In the rugged terrains of Pakistan's tribal belt, and increasingly in the digital corridors of our cities, extremist groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban...
In a remote village in Shangla, a young boy was recently beaten to death by his teachers — for the "crime" of being absent from his madrassa for...
In recent years, the steady decline in the quality of higher education in Pakistan has become a matter of grave concern. While many factors, like...
In today's world, defending the truth has become an increasingly exhausting and often futile endeavour. The problem is that truth is no longer...
More than a century ago, Allama Iqbal issued a timeless call: for Muslims to rise above rhetoric and embrace real work grounded in knowledge, science...
The dominant Western narrative portrays Iran as a looming existential threat to Israel. This framing is not just misleading — it distracts from the...
In the complex and often chaotic theatre of Pakistani politics, few figures have inspired as much devotion and division as Imran Khan. Once hailed as...
When violence erupts — in Gaza, Kashmir or any other conflict zone — governments, media and international actors often rush to frame it in...
It is always tempting to grab unchallengeable power and to enjoy its use. But power has limits which many of us either do not understand or...
In the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, the familiar drumbeat of war rhetoric has returned with unnerving speed. Television channels...