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For decades, Pakistan has carried a burden that few nations could bear: the protection, shelter, and often the very survival of its Afghan neighbors. From the deserts of Balochistan to the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, generations of Pakistanis—both civilians and members of the armed forces—have offered sacrifices in life and limb, defending not only their own territory but also shielding Afghanistan from regional pressures, global conflicts, and the shifting ambitions of superpowers. Yet history demonstrates that gratitude is rarely forthcoming. The Afghan Taliban, emboldened by new patrons and embattled ambitions, seem intent on reminding the world that Pakistan’s generosity is…

There are moments in diplomacy when timing matters more than intent. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to send a high-level delegation to Islamabad comes at such a moment — a time when the fragile peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan is unravelling under the weight of mistrust, border clashes and conflicting priorities. The mission, led by Turkiye’s foreign minister, defence minister and intelligence chief, is expected to arrive in the coming days, carrying a mandate that is both ambitious and uncertain: to nudge Islamabad and Kabul back to the table and salvage what little remains of dialogue. For months, talks…

By Amjad Qaimkhani UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan issued a stern warning to the international community over the growing threat posed by terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil, highlighting concerns that their access to illegal weapons could destabilize the wider region. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan’s permanent representative, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, said that these organizations were not only openly operating from Afghanistan but were also receiving both financial and operational support, allowing them to carry out destructive activities far beyond their immediate borders. Ahmed expressed deep alarm over reports that advanced weaponry and stockpiles of munitions were being amassed…

By Abdul Rehman Patel “When the first window breaks and no one repairs it — the entire building eventually collapses.” Civilizations do not crumble overnight. They decay quietly, one ignored fracture at a time. The philosopher Michael Zapato once demonstrated this truth through an experiment that would become a metaphor for moral and political decline. He parked two identical old cars in two very different places: one in The Bronx — a rough, crime-prone district of New York — and the other in Palo Alto, an affluent, orderly city in California. Within a day, the car in The Bronx was…

By Atiq Raja In the endless conversation about success, productivity, and self-improvement, there’s a quiet truth often buried beneath the noise of motivational slogans and bullet-pointed to-do lists: success doesn’t come from ambition alone. It comes from structure. While most of us are conditioned to chase goals, to sprint towards a finish line that keeps moving, the people who sustain their achievements are those who design systems — invisible frameworks that make progress inevitable. A system is not a mystical concept or a corporate buzzword. It is the scaffolding that supports a person’s ambition, a collection of small, consistent actions…

By Syed Shamim Akhtar Pakistan stands on the edge of a constitutional turning point — one that could either strengthen the state’s institutional balance or plunge it into a new phase of uncertainty. The federal cabinet’s approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment and its referral to the Senate has ignited intense political and legal debate across the country. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, presiding via video link from Azerbaijan, hailed the move as a step toward “stability and continuity,” yet for many, it marks the start of an anxious reckoning with the shape of Pakistan’s governance itself. This proposed amendment, now…

By Uzma Ehtasham A new and troubling front has opened in long and bitter information wars. In recent days, a short, explosive video has spread like wildfire across Afghan and other regional social media networks. The clip, which claimed to show security forces desecrating a mosque and the Holy Qur’an, even bringing dogs into a place of worship, was designed to provoke horror and fury. Its circulation was swift, its emotional impact fierce — but it was built entirely on falsehood. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, backed by independent fact-checkers, has confirmed that the footage was artificially generated using AI…