By: Engr. Saqlain Abid Every year, the United Nations General Assembly brings the world’s political leadership together to discuss political, social, economic and security deadlocks. It provides every…
By : Azmat Wazir The national budget of Pakistan is the fundamental macroeconomic instrument through which the federal government manages financial resources, establishes taxation…
Language is perhaps humanity’s most miraculous invention, yet we treat it like a leaking roof. Every few years, a fresh chorus of cultural critics…
A Good Morning at Midnight It is 01:17 in the morning. Which, in ordinary English, means it is still night. But why should we…
Throughout the long and often turbulent history of the Gulf, the states of that vital region have repeatedly been plunged into the furnace of…
The escalating crisis in the Middle East has now moved far beyond a regional conflict. Severe disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,…
By: Tahzeeba Bukhari A hand went up in the seventh row, then stopped halfway. The girl glanced first at her teacher, then at the…
■Lines can be changed. Boundaries can be redrawn. Administrative units can evolve. But Pakistan must not bleed.■ Perhaps I have been looking at the…
Every Pakistani citizen now carries a debt of roughly Rs325,000. A newborn carries it. A labourer carries it. A pensioner carries it. Even the…
The recrudescence of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again thrust the region into a precarious security dilemma, laying bare the persistent vulnerabilities within…
The Eyrie was unusually quiet that evening. Beyond my west window, the Margalla Hills were slowly disappearing into dusk. Foxy, my mustard-coloured Volkswagen, rested…
By: Tahzeeba Bukhari In the semi-darkness of early dawn, when a thick veil rests upon the wide yet neat paths of Gujrat, thousands of…
In Japan there is an art called kintsugi. When a fine ceramic bowl shatters, no one throws it away. Instead, the fragments are rejoined…
There is something deeply painful about watching a country turn its own roads into barriers against its own people. A bridge that once carried…
By Falak Naz Batool In this digital era, most people in Pakistan remain unaware that their names, credentials, phone numbers, and fingerprints are not…
We live in an era of technology where the AI race has become a global race. In Pakistan, we often hear that AI will…
History is a cruel taskmaster. It does not allow a statesman to rest upon one victory before pushing him toward the edge of another…