The Journey of Dr. Makhdoom Syed Hussain Sheheryar Bukhari by Sheikh Shahzaib An emerging Pakistani voice whose journey brings together medicine, student leadership, diplomacy, youth representation and public…
By Naveed Miraj Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, was important both diplomatically and bilaterally. Diplomatically, the visit came at a…
The unanimous ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has delivered a clear and decisive message: India’s unilateral withdrawal from the…
It has now been half a year since the United States and Israel embarked on their military campaign against Iran, a costly misadventure that…
When Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, with his visionary eloquence, likened Gujrat to a ‘Hellenic region’, it was neither a mere geographical compliment nor a…
■ Three countries have signed. A fourth generation is listening. “Bacha! Guess where I was yesterday evening.” BāBā-Tāl, the Bell-man, looked straight into my…
By Sadiq Ahmad Being keen on Christopher Berry-Dee’s book Talking with Psychopaths and Savages, I have been pedantic to each character’s acts as psychological…
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement provides a glimpse of a possible new security arrangement in a region long marked by conflict, mistrust and competing…
By: Arshad Khan The 75 years of everlasting friendship and diplomatic relationship between Pakistan and China has continued to grow stronger with the passage…
The government’s recent effort to explore alternative financing for the Karachi–Peshawar Main Line‑1 railway project, after Chinese funding failed to materialise, is a welcome…
There are calamities which refuse to remain mere calamities. They become, rather, revelatory moments in which the concealed anatomy of an entire system is…
■ A LOVE LETTER TO THOSE WHO NEVER STOPPED WAITING ■ In my Aerie — the Eagle’s Nest — time never sleeps, and neither…
The devastating fire at Islamabad’s Pims Hospital, which claimed the lives of 14 newborns in the Mother and Child Health Ward, has shaken the…
Two distinct strategies are unfolding simultaneously in the effort to resolve the US‑Iran confrontation. On one hand, Pakistan and other regional states are pursuing…
From the high vantage of my ‘Aerie’—the Eagle’s Nest, perched atop the F-10 Markaz plaza—Islamabad looked like a world preparing to submerge. A heavy,…
At 6:45 yesterday morning, sixteen newborns lay inside the nursery of PIMS Hospital in Islamabad. They could not walk, cry for help or escape.…
By Anwar Ullah Pakistan’s debate over the creation of new provinces has entered a more consequential phase. What was once largely an electoral slogan…