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 remains unresolved and continues…
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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,…
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.…
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…