Rear View Mirror

While the wind screen shows us the present and future scene, often filled with optimistic and beautiful landscape; though sometimes blemished by ugly roadblocks. However, the rear view mirror shows us the immediate and distant past and keeps us in the right lane; alarmed of overzealous drivers trying to overtake from left, right or from unexpected nooks. A rear view mirror is a crucial safety feature in vehicles, allowing drivers to see behind them through the rear window to monitor traffic and hazards without turning around. Similarly, the inevitable looking back and reference to the lessons learned in the past is crucial for our personal as well as national decision making for reaching the aimed destinations and for achieving the desired aims without recurrence of mishaps.

PM Shehbaz, Saudi Crown Prince discuss regional developments, stress peace through dialogue

When one is in an age past sixties, the time seems to move too fast; a year passes by like a month. While the Happy New Year greetings for the year 2025 are still fresh in our minds, yet we find ourselves only a few days away from greeting 2026. In our national lives, the timelines are moving past even at a greater pace. The political rhetoric and bombast notwithstanding, one stupefying constant in Pakistan is the inability to look into the rear-view mirror and learn from the past sad experiences. Despite sporadic glad moments, the overall national political, economic, judicial and security........

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