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Dawn Prism |
As war and volatility disrupt global fuel flows, Pakistan’s turn to solar is emerging as an economic buffer.
New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final against the most expensively assembled cricket nation on the planet is not a sporting achievement. It is a...
New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final against the most expensively assembled cricket nation on the planet is not a sporting achievement. It is a...
The violence that unfolded at the US consulate in Karachi raises urgent legal questions about sovereignty, the use of force, and the narrow avenues...
For a country battling insurgencies in two provinces, facing a hostile Afghan Taliban regime, and grappling with deep internal divisions, instability...
The roots of fresh developments date back to the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025 and the nuclear talks between US and Tehran.
As it is with most asymmetric conflicts, Iran wins if it doesn’t lose, and the US loses if it doesn’t win.
In times of war, misinformation distorts reality, and mockery distorts humanity. Together, they deepen divisions.
Kabul needs to address the question of armed groups operating from its soil; Islamabad must convert its battlefield advantage into diplomatic...
It’s time public toilets are treated as core urban infrastructure As cities swell and skylines thicken, urban planning has quietly become a matter...
Tirah: buried under snow and circumstance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been ‘under the weather’ lately; not just because of the low temperatures and...
Multilateralism is straining at the seams: Is global cooperation in retreat? Over a decade ago, in a rare moment of global unity – rather difficult...
The misuse of power is a betrayal of the state’s responsibility. And this conduct reflects a deliberate strategy of intimidation designed to silence...
In Karachi, waiting has become part of the disaster itself: waiting for water, for help, for answers, for reforms. And in that waiting, lives are lost...
This isn’t just one person’s story. It is the case for most Karachiites, across class and generation, for whom Gul Plaza simply existed in the...
Buildings become death traps not because the rules are unclear, but because enforcement has been deliberately neutralised.
The lost libraries of Lyari My journey into higher education began in my coastal hometown of Pasni, passed through the sprawl of Karachi, and...
Of the 12.05 million mobile phone units assembled during the first five months of 2025, 54pc or 6.53 million were 2G feature phones, PTA data reveals.
In 1992, Lyari had 27 libraries, excluding the reading rooms. The number shrank to 11 in the early 2000s, and new books stopped coming in after 2005.
As inflation soars and the rial crumbles, Iran’s streets erupt in protest, while the world waits to see who will step in, or stir the fire.
As 2026 dawns, women in Pakistan are left grappling with a stark reality: rape and marital rape continue to be misinterpreted by judges in the...
As reading shifts from shared print cultures to fragmented digital feeds, what happens to the common habits that once anchored public life?
America’s actions are a violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and a clear act of aggression.
The 2025 amendments cross into full Orwell territory: undefined offences of ‘fake’ or ‘false’ information, and a ban on ‘aspersions’...
While history has often only recognised generations after they have altered the course of things, 2025 hints at a time when recognition and impact...
Pakistan has now witnessed the consequences of weakened water diplomacy, internal mistrust, infrastructure neglect, and climate volatility converging...
After years of strategic drift, 2025 has placed Pakistan in a rare sweet spot where its allies and partners see it as a country that offers them...
Colonial travelogues and Hindu nationalist narratives have long cast Kashmiri Muslims as perpetual outsiders in their own land.
Rapid household solarisation across the country is often celebrated as a quiet revolution. But beneath this hopeful imagery lies a harder, less...
The promise of technology as a saviour isn’t entirely wrong. But it will remain a myth until it serves us in the languages we live in, speak in, and...
To preserve public safety, the state must begin by accepting a simple truth: the crowd now begins in the feed, not on the street.
International law is not contingent upon flawless compliance but emerges from the interplay of institutional coherence, collective recognition and...