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By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal As the moon rises in the velvet expanse of the night, its silver light touches every shore and every mountain, reminding us of a universal harmony visible to all. In the same manner, Pakistan’s military and diplomatic moon has ascended with full brilliance, casting a glow of respect and strength far beyond our borders. Our armed forces stand as a bulwark of honor, while our diplomatic sagacity has navigated complex global currents with wisdom and resolve. Yet, in this journey of lights, our economic moon lingers hidden behind thick clouds of uncertainty. Its dimmed radiance fails…
By Atiq Raja China’s modern story is often told in the language of speed: how quickly it rose, how rapidly it industrialized, how abruptly it inserted itself into the center of global affairs. However, that shorthand risks flattening a far more complex reality. Behind the statistics and slogans lies a civilization that has repeatedly reconfigured itself across millennia, sometimes as a world leader in innovation and commerce, at other times as a fractured polity struggling with internal upheaval and external pressure. The China of today cannot be understood without that longer arc of rise, rupture and reinvention. For centuries, China…
By Dr. Aliya Kemal Ahsan In the pre-dawn hush of a hospital ward, there exists a kind of silence that is not empty but densely inhabited. It is a silence shaped by machines that blink steadily in the dark, by the soft rustle of movement in corridors, by the careful rhythm of breath that may or may not hold through the night. This is the time often referred to, in understated hospital language, as the “long watch” — those hours when the institution appears to sleep but, in truth, is at its most alert. And at the center of this…
Mujeeb Rahman Qambrani MEHAR: Umme Rubab Chandio has submitted a written complaint to the DIG Larkana Range against the SSP Qambar Shahdadkot and local police, accusing them of bias and supporting the nominated accused in a triple murder case. In her complaint, she alleged that police were patronising the nominated suspects in the murder case involving the killing of her father, grandfather and uncle. She claimed that the accused had attacked their tenant farmers belonging to the Solangi community, opened fire and damaged agricultural machinery. She further alleged that instead of providing justice, police registered a false and fabricated FIR…
Pakistan’s decision to significantly reduce tariffs at Gwadar Port marks another attempt to breathe commercial life into a project that has long been spoken of in strategic, almost visionary terms, yet has struggled to achieve comparable traction in practical trade flows. Presented as a calibrated economic incentive, the move reflects a familiar policy instinct: that lower costs can be used as a lever to redirect regional commerce and reposition infrastructure that has so far remained underutilized. Under the revised structure announced by the federal minister for maritime affairs, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, container vessel berthing fees at the port have been…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain The world of the twenty-first century is no longer driven merely by powerful weapons, towering skyscrapers, or luxury vehicles; rather, its true engine has become “data.” Dashboard technology was first widely developed and utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor, track, and analyze patterns of the virus in real time. After witnessing its immense effectiveness and significance, businesses and institutions across the globe began adopting dashboard systems for countless other purposes. In today’s age, information itself is the ultimate source of power, and the nations leading the race for progress are those capable of organizing information,…
By Sarwat N Shah A nation celebrates. Tanks roll back. Headlines scream victory at the border. Moreover, somewhere in a cramped home in Lahore or a village in Sindh, a mother checks her phone for the fifth time—not for the body count of enemies, but for the price of flour. This is the peculiar, psychological contradiction of living in a developing nation like Pakistan. We are simultaneously asked to feel proud of military readiness and terrified of our own kitchen tables. Inflation eats the silence out of our homes. Climate disasters displace entire districts. Lawlessness bleeds into neighborhoods. And then,…
By Faraz Mustafa In today’s increasingly digital world, the internet has quietly shifted from being a convenience to becoming a basic requirement of daily life. In Pakistan, this shift is especially visible. Whether it is a student attending an online class, a freelancer working for clients abroad, a small business managing sales through social media, or a family simply trying to stay connected with relatives overseas, the expectation is the same: the internet should work, and it should work reliably. Yet for millions across the country, that expectation remains frustratingly unmet. Despite years of promises, investment announcements, and the gradual…