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A country can become a victim of its own fertility. Its classrooms fill faster than it can build schools; its cities expand faster than it can lay...
Green streets, thriving parks and tree-lined public spaces are more than an aesthetic ambition. They are essential infrastructure for healthier, more...
Iran’s geography, population, historical identity and military capabilities justify a substantial regional role. They do not confer a right to...
Over the past five years (2021–2026), Pakistan has witnessed a sharp resurgence in militant violence, civil unrest, and governance breakdowns. While...
Iran can withstand confrontation while losing the future its resistance is intended to protect. Military endurance may frustrate an adversary’s...
It was inevitable. It was coming. The writing had been on the wall for months, etched in the deepening chasm between the federal government and the...
At a time of conflict, economic uncertainty, climate shocks and rapid technological change, countries are looking for the people and possibilities...
While proponents assert that the spread of democracy is essential to peace, two allied democracies—the United States and Israel—are engaged in...
In the study of human history, the continuum of arrogance having been duly punished is a great assurance. Arrogance has a limited shelf life....
The socialist society, according to Marx, is "in every respect, economically, morally and intellectually, still stamped with the birthmarks of...
The escalation of conflict in the Middle East since February 2026, following the USA-Israel coalition's unwarranted and unprovoked attack on...
Two weeks ago, I wrote about ten of the best individual performances in Pakistan's Test history, and it seemed only fair to give the one-day game...
The only simple criterion that could be used in considering any restructuring proposal would be whether it would make government more responsive to...
Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector is entering an important phase in its journey towards greater transparency, accountability and patient safety. The...
Sometimes I wonder if we, as news watchers, politically interested people, and voters, perhaps spend too much time following political issues that we...
After 78 years of Pakistan as an independent state, it is time to look back and question the achievements of democracy, such as freedom, dignity and...
The term “shot across the bow” is derived from the naval practice of firing a cannon shot ahead of an adversary’s ship to force it to stop,...
Yemen’s competing camps possess enough strength to frustrate each other’s ambitions, but neither has demonstrated the capacity to establish an...
Geopolitics, in all its manifestations, is now in a state of severe flux. It has reached a critical inflection point where pure, gentle diplomacy is...
It is overtly evident that hybrid pressure is being applied against Pakistan. The harder question is why it works. The answer is uncomfortable! Hybrid...
The last week of September was celebrated across many Asian regions to mark home competitiveness of countries, with many Asian tigers and emerging...
Environmental protection is an essential public responsibility, particularly amid increasing air pollution and smog. The State and its regulatory...
It was 1983. I had just started university as an international student at SHSU (Sam Houston State University), Texas, USA. Among other subjects as a...
Pakistan has a new roadmap for water security. The Planning Commission’s National Water Security framework under URAAN Pakistan is ambitious: by...
In cursory research, which may not qualify as entirely reliable, I was informed that schools no longer teach Morals as a subject. Perhaps this is...
Pakistan is searching for economic stability at a time when influential voices within the government are calling for a reset of the very system...
Though the controversy over the six canals downstream of Kalabagh, based on a water availability certificate issued by IRSA, erupted in July 2024 when...
As reconstruction proceeds in the former FATA after decades of conflict, the way development unfolds will also shape its ecological future. New...
I would not mind if I saw Hugo, the automaton from Hugo, presiding over a court proceeding. Hugo's beautiful complexity has forever captivated...
Maintaining civil-military balance is one of the most critical challenges for democratic states. The institutional challenge requires keeping the...
Pakistan’s private medical education sector is facing a crisis that policymakers can no longer afford to ignore. In 1988, Baqai Medical College...
Does anyone truly expect a miracle from PTI's march to Islamabad tomorrow? Would the government release jailed PTI leaders and announce fresh...
Pakistan’s 2026 monsoon season has once again hit the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) particularly hard. Now incorporated into...
A common saying goes, “perception matters more than reality.” Given the perseverance of the Indian media, a vast majority of India’s population...
For a country blessed with some of the most dramatic landscapes and layered histories on earth, Pakistan remains oddly absent from the world's...
There is a common tendency among groups both oppositional and sympathetic to Marxism to treat it as a uniform ideology. For many critics in Pakistan,...
This country has suffered a lot at the hands of imprudent leaders, incompetent bureaucrats, adventurist generals, self-centred political dynasties and...
Few defence systems in the world have been marketed with as much awe as Russia’s S-400 Triumf. Heralded as a near-impenetrable shield, it is meant...
This year’s United Nations General Assembly High-level Week took place from 18-28 September in New York. It was the last meeting for...
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” — George Orwell After hearing of the postponement of...
In the last scheduled review of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy (September 14, 2026), a couple of weeks back, the State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary...
There is something strange about leadership. We expect leaders to have answers. The higher someone rises in an organisation, the less comfortable we...
Global energy markets remain vulnerable to geopolitical tensions, supply disruptions and fluctuations in international oil prices. For countries like...
The relationship between the soldier and the state forms the bedrock of national sovereignty. Across civilisations, the primary purpose of an armed...
Human history is filled with pages where people have voluntarily and enthusiastically paid homage to ruthless aristocracy, royalty and despots. One or...
We need to start a phased Initiation and Piloting Strategy by starting with 10–15% of interested women; then a disciplined, step-by-step framework...
Washington's relationship with Islamabad used to run on a single track. Now, it's running on at least three, and the order in which this...
The contemporary issue of climate change is an existential threat to the global population. The transcontinental impact of climate change and rising...
One question always arises, and we think: why are these women on the road? Why can we not provide a solution for double income? Why can we not empower...
This will undoubtedly be one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent history. In the past two years, policies enacted by President Trump...
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