An Inquiry into the Subjugation and Stabilisation of the Earth
“Tell me, my dear: when we discourse upon the material grandeur, dynamism, productive capacity, and resource endowment of a sovereign state, what manifestations of the natural order are…
The Public Purview
Dr. Muhammad Tayyab Khan Singhanvi
The PIMS Tragedy: A Trial of the State’s Moral Obligation Within the House of Healing
There are calamities which refuse to remain mere calamities. They become, rather, revelatory moments in which the concealed anatomy of an entire system is…
The Stalwart of Urdu Who Transformed a Language into an Institution
Let us summon before the mind’s eye that Karachi evening of 16 August 1961, when an aged scholar, having traversed the final confines of…
Who, Then, Is the Murderer?
The night had descended deeply upon Karachi. Its innumerable lights stretched towards the horizon, yet, beneath the ceaseless clamour of the metropolis, an austere…
The New Era of Maritime Power
“Do not imagine that history merely repeats itself; rather, it renews its enduring patterns in ever-changing forms.” The study of history reveals that the…
Karbala: The Eternal Charter of the Human Conscience
Within the concealed vaults of history there exist certain occurrences which transcend the ordinary category of events and assume the stature of living archetypes…
Accumulations of Wealth or Phantasms of Finance?
The contemporary architecture of the global economy has entered an epoch wherein the semantic and functional conception of wealth has undergone a profound and…
After the Battle of Truth
One year after the culmination of the Battle of Truth, the pronouncements emanating from Pakistan’s military and political leadership have not merely reconfigured the…
Silent Data, Spreading HIV
A troubling haze appears to be settling over the landscape of public health in Sindh one in which the contours of reality have blurred,…
An Emerging Pakistan on the Global Horizon
The contemporary international order is undergoing a profound transition, entering a phase in which the traditional conception of power is steadily dissolving into new…