
The Federal Engine: Deciphering Pakistan’s National Budget System
September 29, 2026
By : Azmat Wazir The national budget of Pakistan is the fundamental macroeconomic instrument through which the federal government manages financial resources, establishes taxation…

The Myth of Linguistic Decay: Why Our Changing Tongue is a Sign of Life
September 29, 2026
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…

ENGLISH, PLEASE!
September 29, 2026
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…

The Gulf’s Conflicts and Their Cost to Pakistan
September 29, 2026
Throughout the long and often turbulent history of the Gulf, the states of that vital region have repeatedly been plunged into the furnace of…

From Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb: The Global Energy Crisis and Pakistan’s Diplomatic Test
September 29, 2026
The escalating crisis in the Middle East has now moved far beyond a regional conflict. Severe disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,…

The Grammar of Silence
September 28, 2026
By: Tahzeeba Bukhari A hand went up in the seventh row, then stopped halfway. The girl glanced first at her teacher, then at the…

LET’S DRAW THE LINES — WITH A PENCIL, NOT A DAGGER: PAKISTAN MUST NOT BLEED
September 28, 2026
■Lines can be changed. Boundaries can be redrawn. Administrative units can evolve. But Pakistan must not bleed.■ Perhaps I have been looking at the…

BORN WITH A DEBT
September 28, 2026
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…

Strategic Imperatives: Dismantling the Structural Foundations of Resurgent Militancy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
September 28, 2026
The recrudescence of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again thrust the region into a precarious security dilemma, laying bare the persistent vulnerabilities within…

RUSSIA: THE BALLOT BOX, THE BELL-MAN AND THE HANDS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
September 27, 2026
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…

The Journey of Knowledge or Continuous Torment: An Elegy on the Decline of the University of Gujrat!
September 29, 2026
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…

When the Cup Cracks, the University Follows
September 27, 2026
In Japan there is an art called kintsugi. When a fine ceramic bowl shatters, no one throws it away. Instead, the fragments are rejoined…

CUT OFF AND TRAPPED: WHEN A STATE GOES TOO FAR
September 25, 2026
There is something deeply painful about watching a country turn its own roads into barriers against its own people. A bridge that once carried…

Custodians or Owners: Inside Pakistan’s Data Protection Vacuum
September 24, 2026
By Falak Naz Batool In this digital era, most people in Pakistan remain unaware that their names, credentials, phone numbers, and fingerprints are not…

AI: A threat or opportunity for Pakistan
September 24, 2026
We live in an era of technology where the AI race has become a global race. In Pakistan, we often hear that AI will…

THE TIGHTROPE ACROSS THE CHASM: EXECUTING THE MECCA PACT
September 24, 2026
History is a cruel taskmaster. It does not allow a statesman to rest upon one victory before pushing him toward the edge of another…