THEIR FIRST HOME WAS A BURNING ROOM
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. Then, reportedly, an air-conditioning…
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Reimagining Pakistan’s Map: New Provinces, Better Governance or a New Political Fault Line?
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…
Tragedy at PIMS: A Wake-Up Call for Hospital Safety in Pakistan
The horrific fire that engulfed the nursery ward of the Mother and Child Health center at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, claiming the…
Agriculture reform needed
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s renewed emphasis on strengthening agricultural research, ensuring the availability of quality seeds for small and medium‑scale farmers, and modernising crop…
UTOPIA — WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND ONE, OR WHO WILL STEP OUT TO BUILD ONE?
“Bacha! I have returned from the future.” I looked up from my writing table. BāBā-Tāl [the Bell-man] was standing before me. For three days…
Reviving the Intellect: How the University of Gujrat’s Seerah Exhibition Reshapes Higher Education
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…
THE ALGORITHM DOESN’T KNOW THE RULES OF WAR
By Shahzad Ali Over a disputed boundary, a drone scans for a person carrying something that could be a weapon. No soldier decides whether…
A New Digital Horizon — Google’s Arrival and the Promise for Pakistan’s Youth
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…
Kaspersky: How an ecosystem mindset builds unbreakable supply chains
By Sergey Soldatov, Head of Security Operations Center at Kaspersky. Today, a business functions as a complex ecosystem where each participant influences the overall…
PRESIDENTIAL MODEL AND THE RASHIDUN LEGACY — A CLOSER ALIGNMENT THAN PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS
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…
Tax fairness overdue
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has rightly questioned why salaried taxpayers must contend with a tax return form so complex that even highly educated professionals…
We knew the water was coming
A flood is often described as an act of nature. The water rises, roads disappear, houses collapse and governments rush to distribute relief. Then…
Command, Credibility and Lessons from the May 2025 Conflict
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 enters Pakistan
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…
Relief for prisoners
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…
THE PILOT WHO WOULD NOT SURRENDER THE SKY
By: Izmi Herlani There are moments in aviation history when rank becomes irrelevant, age loses meaning and one decision outweighs an entire lifetime. For…
Wheat market transition
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…