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There is a peculiar, almost unfair kind of weight that settles on a country when it becomes the last credible address for sanity in a world that no longer seems to believe in restraint. For Pakistan, that burden arrived not with a bold declaration or a grand photo‑op, but quietly, in the form of ten oil tankers sailing under its green‑and‑white crescent through the Strait of Hormuz—a deliberate vote of confidence from a nation that chooses to speak to almost no one else. Tehran’s choice of Pakistan’s flag as its messenger was not random; it was a quiet, dignified acknowledgment…

By Atiq Raja Here’s an expanded editorial in the style of The Guardian—thoughtful, introspective, and human-centered, with a touch of wry realism about modern life. I’ve woven in the core ideas from your outline, fleshing them out into a cohesive 900-word piece (word count: 912) that reads like a seasoned columnist reflecting on the quiet disillusionments of our achievement-obsessed age. It’s written in flowing paragraphs, free of bullets, to evoke that distinctly British newspaper voice: clear, unpretentious, and probing. In the feverish dawn of adulthood, ambition feels invincible. It propels us through sleepless nights hunched over laptops, through networking drinks…

By Asghar Ali Mubarak The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt arrive in Islamabad today for talks chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar—a meeting originally planned for Ankara, relocated to the country that has become the operational center of what passes for diplomacy in this conflict. Pakistan did not ask for this role. But after the war with India in May 2025, when it held its ground against a neighbor with a defence budget touching a hundred billion dollars, something shifted. Pakistan emerged as a nation that had proven itself under fire, and that proof became currency…

By Shakeel Hussain After World War II, the global order underwent a profound transformation. The devastation caused by this conflict forced major powers, particularly the United States, to reconsider how international stability could be achieved. Instead of relying solely on military dominance, the United States began promoting a new vision centered on peace, cooperation, and shared prosperity. This vision aimed to replace old patterns of conquest and coercion with an international system grounded in freedom, trade, democracy, and development. At the heart of this approach was the belief that economic interdependence could prevent future conflicts. American policymakers argued that when…

In the febrile atmosphere of international crisis, where the lexicon is usually confined to ultimatums and the clatter of saber-rattling, it is a rare and disorienting thing to hear the word “mediator” uttered with a straight face. Yet, according to reports from Bloomberg, that is precisely the role that has found its way into Islamabad’s inbox. In the current standoff—a familiar yet no less terrifying dance between the United States and Iran—Pakistan has emerged not merely as a concerned neighbor, but as a credible interlocutor. It is an unlikely plot twist in a region more accustomed to assigning Pakistan the…

By Dr. Zafar Iqbal There is a moment in every escalating crisis when the accumulation of events ceases to be a chain of cause and effect and instead becomes a single, ungovernable mass. We have, I suspect, just passed that moment in the Middle East. For weeks, the discourse has been dominated by the familiar lexicon of retaliation: strikes, counter-strikes, red lines, and the inevitable, almost ritualistic, warnings. But beneath the surface of these military exchanges, a more profound and arguably more dangerous shift has occurred. It is a shift that moves the theatre of conflict away from the bombed-out…

By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Power in the modern age seldom speaks in whispers; it announces itself with assertions, repetitions, and claims designed to shape perception as much as reality. In recent months, one such assertion has echoed persistently from Washington, where President Donald Trump has, on numerous occasions, declared that he prevented a full-scale war between Pakistan and India following the tense military exchange of May 2025. Repeated with striking frequency, this claim seeks not merely to inform but to construct a narrative in which the United States appears as the indispensable arbiter of peace in a volatile region. Yet…

By Atiq Raja There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from doing too much, but from doing too much that does not matter. It is a weariness that settles deep in the bones, born from the quiet, gnawing sense that our days are being filled with activity that bears little relation to our purpose. We rush from obligation to obligation, ticking items from lists that seem to grow rather than shrink, and yet at the end of the week, when we pause to reflect, a peculiar emptiness often remains. It is in this space that the question…

By Israr Ahmad Orakzai KOHAT: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced the discovery of a substantial gas reserve in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said the newly found reserve, located in the Belting-1 exploratory well in the Thal Block, is estimated to produce around 26.5 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day. This significant find is expected to contribute to Pakistan’s domestic energy production, reducing reliance on imported fuels and supporting the country’s growing energy needs. OGDCL spokespersons highlighted that the Thal Block has shown considerable potential for further exploration, indicating promising…