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The Day the Sky Took an Oath

Article by: Izmi Herlani On the morning of 06 September 1965, Pakistan did not wake to an ordinary sunrise. It woke to the rumble…

From Rahim Yar Khan to the Global Horizon

The Journey of Dr. Makhdoom Syed Hussain Sheheryar Bukhari by Sheikh Shahzaib An emerging Pakistani voice whose journey brings together medicine, student leadership, diplomacy,…

Bishkek: Pakistan Leads

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…

Water rights upheld

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…

Conflict drags on

It has now been half a year since the United States and Israel embarked on their military campaign against Iran, a costly misadventure that…

Bridging Academia and Heritage: UOG and Gujrat’s Literary Confluence

​When Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, with his visionary eloquence, likened Gujrat to a ‘Hellenic region’, it was neither a mere geographical compliment nor a…

REBIRTH OF A COLLECTIVE SHIELD: THE MECCA PACT AND THE EMERGING “ISLAMIC NATO”

■ 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…

Are We Shaping Role Models or Cultivating Narcissists in Our Children?

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…

Mecca Pact and Pakistan’s New Security Role

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement provides a glimpse of a possible new security arrangement in a region long marked by conflict, mistrust and competing…

75 years of Pak China Everlasting Friendship

By: Arshad Khan The 75 years of everlasting friendship and diplomatic relationship between Pakistan and China has continued to grow stronger with the passage…

Railway project stalled

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…

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…

“TALLY-HU!” — THERE HE IS! ABUL QASIM — IMRAN KHAN

■ A LOVE LETTER TO THOSE WHO NEVER STOPPED WAITING ■ In my Aerie — the Eagle’s Nest — time never sleeps, and neither…

Healthcare system failure

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…

Diplomacy over coercion

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…

”SHADOW-PUPPETS” IN THE DARK-Oligarchic Influence and the Light That Ends Them

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,…