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The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) commanding performance in the second phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative elections has altered the region’s political balance and placed the party in a strong position to form the next government. The result represents a significant electoral achievement for PML-N, but it also carries a much heavier burden than the celebration of victory. The party now faces the more demanding responsibility of proving that an electoral mandate can be transformed into effective governance, political stability and meaningful improvement in the lives of ordinary citizens. The numbers tell a clear story. PML-N secured 10 of…
By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In the long chronicle of human affairs, few pursuits have revealed the character of a people more clearly than the search for good governance. Our predecessors, whether the wise administrators of earlier ages or those who laid the foundations of our own constitutional order, understood this truth with a seriousness that still commands reflection. They recognized that the art of governing is not merely a technique of power but a moral undertaking. Authority, they held, is a trust exercised on behalf of the community, to be discharged with restraint, justice, and an eye to the welfare…
By Shakeel Hussain The history of literature is, in many ways, the history of civilization itself. Every age leaves behind a record of its hopes, fears, beliefs and ambitions through the words of its writers. English literature offers one of the clearest examples of this enduring relationship between society and artistic expression. Few transitions illustrate this more powerfully than the movement from the Renaissance to the Puritan Age. Although these two periods differed sharply in outlook, they were not opposites in the simple sense. Rather, they reflected changing priorities within English society, each leaving an enduring legacy that shaped not…
By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi The prolonged closure of the Torkham border has become more than a local dispute; it has evolved into a wider economic and humanitarian challenge affecting traders, transporters, laborers, and communities across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Thousands of families in Landi Kotal who depend on cross-border trade have seen their livelihoods disrupted, forcing many to raise their voices against a situation that threatens their economic survival. Yet the impact of the closure extends far beyond one town or a single group of traders. The western border stretches across a vast region, from Bajaur to Waziristan, where several crossing points…
The release of water from India’s Salal Dam has once again brought the fragile politics of shared rivers between India and Pakistan into the spotlight. As rising flows from the Indus river system inundated villages around Sehwan, forcing residents to leave their homes, Pakistan found itself facing a familiar crisis: the arrival of floodwaters followed by emergency measures, political debate and renewed concerns over the management of transboundary rivers. Authorities warned that a surge of nearly 90,000 cusecs could enter Pakistan, raising fears of further damage in communities already vulnerable to the increasingly unpredictable nature of monsoon rains. Although many…
By Atiq Raja Why should a citizen still have to travel hundreds of miles to reach a government office that exists to serve him? Why should a farmer leave his village and spend days navigating administrative corridors to resolve a basic issue? Why should a patient, student, entrepreneur or job seeker face a maze of procedures before accessing services that should be available within easy reach? These questions are not simply about inconvenience. They reflect a deeper challenge facing the state itself: the distance between government and the people it is meant to represent. A country can have ambitious policies,…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain The true wealth of a nation is not measured only by the size of its economy, the height of its buildings or the value of its underground resources. It is also reflected in the health of its forests, the fertility of its soil, the purity of its water and the balance of its natural environment. A country’s ecological strength quietly determines the quality of life of its people. When forests disappear, rivers suffer, temperatures rise and communities become more vulnerable to disasters. Nature’s decline eventually becomes a human crisis. Trees are often described as the lungs…
By Syeda Sonia Imran The Sindh government’s decision to launch a major education reform initiative, with an estimated investment of Rs44 billion over five years for the education of special children, represents an important recognition of one of the province’s most pressing challenges: ensuring that every child has access to quality learning opportunities. For decades, education in Sindh has faced a number of persistent problems, including inadequate infrastructure, shortages of trained teachers, weak monitoring systems and limited access to modern teaching methods. While government schools remain the primary source of education for millions of children, many institutions continue to struggle…