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By Aslam Shah KARACHI: Despite explicit directives issued by the Chief Minister of Sindh, an inquiry into the controversial appointment of the Registrar at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL) has yet to begin, raising concerns over governance, transparency, and adherence to merit in public-sector higher education institutions. According to official correspondence, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had directed the Vice Chancellor to submit an inquiry report within three days following complaints lodged by Members of the Provincial Assembly Muhammad Asif Khan and Yousuf Baloch regarding the direct appointment of a Grade-20 Registrar. However, more than a month…
By Moin Ullah Shah KARACHI: Police in Karachi’s Korangi district arrested four members of a motorcycle-lifting gang during an intelligence-based operation in Sector 2/34 near Badshah Bazaar Ground, Korangi No. 3, officials said on Monday. According to police, the operation was carried out by Korangi Police Station after receiving confidential information about the presence of an organised group allegedly involved in motorcycle theft across different parts of the district. The arrested suspects were identified as Haji Wazir Ahmed, son of Manzoor Ahmed; Majid Hussain, son of Mujahid; Sohail Ahmed, son of Zahid Hussain; and Haider Ali, son of Nazakat Ali.…
By Atiq Raja Few architects have altered the visual language of cities as profoundly as Antoni Gaudí. His buildings do not sit quietly within Barcelona. They seem to grow out of it, twisting upwards like natural formations that have somehow learned to hold themselves together in stone. More than a century after his death, his work still resists easy categorisation. It is part architecture, part sculpture, and part dream. Gaudí was born in 1852 in Catalonia, a region of Spain where craft traditions shaped everyday life. His father was a coppersmith, and from an early age Gaudí observed how metal…
The federal government’s decision to introduce a fixed tax scheme for small shopkeepers arrives at a moment when Pakistan’s economy is already moving through a narrow corridor of strain, where inflation remains sticky, business activity is subdued and uncertainty continues to shape both policy expectations and everyday commercial life. Presented as a simplification of a notoriously complex tax system, the new framework is also, in practice, a renewed attempt to widen the country’s fragile tax base by drawing in segments of the informal economy that have long sat outside consistent enforcement. At its core, the scheme offers a uniform one…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain The world is entering a dangerous phase where water is no longer a limitless gift but a shrinking resource that is beginning to define the survival of nations and people. A recent global report by the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health has warned that humanity is moving toward what it calls water bankruptcy. This means that human demand is exceeding the natural ability of ecosystems to replenish freshwater supplies. Rivers are shrinking, groundwater is falling and wetlands are disappearing at a pace that is difficult to reverse. This is not only an…
By Dr. Nazia Sher World Oceans Day 2026 arrives at a moment when the world is being forced to rethink its most basic assumptions about the sea. This year’s theme, Reimagine, Beyond the World We Know, A New Relationship with Our Ocean, reflects a growing recognition that the ocean is not simply a storehouse of resources but the foundation of life on Earth, shaping climate systems, food security and the stability of entire economies. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the planet and produces at least half of the oxygen humans breathe. It also absorbs a significant share…
Pakistan’s recent diplomatic engagement with the United States has been widely viewed in official circles as a sign of renewed confidence in the country’s foreign policy direction, shaped by an emphasis on stability, dialogue and pragmatic cooperation in a rapidly shifting regional environment. At a reception hosted by the US Embassy in Islamabad marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif delivered remarks that underlined both the historical depth and the contemporary strength of Pakistan–US relations. His tone reflected continuity and reassurance, presenting the partnership as one built over eight decades of cooperation across multiple sectors…
Ghazali vs Ibne Rushd By Atiq Raja Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd (Averroes) stand as two towering intellectual figures of the medieval Islamic world whose ideas shaped not only Islamic philosophy but also the broader history of logic, theology and European scholastic thought. Although they lived in overlapping centuries, their intellectual trajectories diverged sharply, producing one of the most famous philosophical debates in intellectual history, faith versus reason. Al-Ghazali was born in Tus, in present day Iran, during the Seljuk era. He received his early education in Nishapur, one of the great intellectual centres of the Islamic world at the time,…