In the relentless march of the twenty-first century, modern academia often risks losing its spiritual compass, reducing institutions of higher learning to sterile factories designed merely for technical…
By Shahzad Ali Over a disputed boundary, a drone scans for a person carrying something that could be a weapon. No soldier decides whether…
The official inauguration of Google’s first permanent office in Islamabad marks a defining watershed moment in the nation’s technological evolution. In a country where…
By Sergey Soldatov, Head of Security Operations Center at Kaspersky. Today, a business functions as a complex ecosystem where each participant influences the overall…
Why a strong, singular executive—constrained by consultation, higher law and institutional checks—may offer a closer structural affinity to the early Islamic model than parliamentary…
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has rightly questioned why salaried taxpayers must contend with a tax return form so complex that even highly educated professionals…
A flood is often described as an act of nature. The water rises, roads disappear, houses collapse and governments rush to distribute relief. Then…
By: Izmi Herlani Modern air warfare is not won by aircraft alone. It is won by the quality of the people who command them,…
Google’s decision to establish a physical office in Islamabad marks a notable milestone in Pakistan’s digital landscape. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated…
The Supreme Court’s intervention on Tuesday, nearly three months after former prime minister Imran Khan sought enforcement of his rights as a prisoner, marks…
By: Izmi Herlani There are moments in aviation history when rank becomes irrelevant, age loses meaning and one decision outweighs an entire lifetime. For…
The refusal by Punjab and Sindh to accept imported wheat is less about grain quality and more about the incomplete transition from a state‑dominated…
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…
The State Bank governor’s optimistic outlook on Pakistan’s economy must be weighed against the realities hidden beneath headline figures. While the transition from stabilisation…
■If everyone claims to be fighting for Yemen, why does Yemen itself keep losing?■ There is something deeply unsettling about a country being attacked…
A historic transition There are moments in the history of nations when a problem that appears ordinary is actually a warning of profound change.…
Balochistan has endured turbulence for more than two decades, but the present situation is particularly alarming, with terrorist violence and lawlessness becoming almost routine.…