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Iqbal’s dream: faith as the catalyst for intellectual revival

Climate crisis
Pakistan’s launch of the “Modernization of Hydromet Services of Pakistan” (MHSP) project marks a critical, long-overdue investment in survival. In a nation where the 2022 floods displaced over 33 million people and where torrential rains continue to wreak…
Growth Alone Is Not Enough
The recent downgrading of Pakistan’s growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 3% to 2.6% is cause for deep concern. While such marginal revisions may appear insignificant on paper, their implications are profound in a country where ov…
A New Front in the Autonomy Debate
The recent uproar in the provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan over contentious mining legislation is yet another flashpoint in Pakistan’s ongoing struggle between centralisation and provincial autonomy. What’s especially concer…
Resetting Ties with Kabul: A Path Towards Stability
The recent visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to Kabul marks a significant diplomatic effort to recalibrate the increasingly strained Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship. His warm and constructive meetings with the Afghan Taliban …
The Law of the Jungle in the Middle East
As violence continues to ravage the Middle East, two epicenters of destruction—Gaza and Yemen—have come to symbolize the collapse of international norms and the rise of unrestrained aggression. The death toll climbs with chilling consistency, yet the glob…
The Indus Canal Controversy and PPP’s Crisis of Credibility
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) finds itself in an unenviable position as public backlash mounts over the federal government’s canal-building plans under the Green Pakistan Initiative. While the initiative is being touted as a project of "national intere…
A Nation Held Hostage by Its Leaders
Pakistan’s democratic experiment, already beleaguered by decades of institutional imbalance and political immaturity, appears to have come to a grinding halt. What was once a sputtering process has now seemingly stalled completely. Years of polarisation, …
Balochistan’s Crisis Demands Dialogue, Not Suppression
The recent conclusion of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s (BNP-M) 20-day protest sit-in outside Quetta underscores the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Balochistan. Although BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal decided to end the protest after the…
A Risky Shortcut to Economic Revival
The recently announced incentives package for overseas Pakistanis by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, though wrapped in patriotism and gratitude, represents a deeper malaise within Pakistan’s economic policy—a chronic case of the Dutch disease, albeit witho…
Reigniting National Unity and Pride
In a defining moment at the Overseas Pakistanis Convention, Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military), delivered a speech that was far more than ceremonial—it was a passionate reaffirmation of Pakistan’s ideological foundatio…
Strengthening Pakistan-Iran Counterterrorism Cooperation
The recent brutal killings of eight Pakistani workers in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province mark a tragic low in an already volatile border region. This heinous act, reportedly carried out execution-style, is not just an attack on innocent lives, but a de…
South Asia at a Crossroads: Restraint or Ruin?
he tragic militant attack in Pahalgam has once again pushed South Asia toward a precarious edge. In its aftermath, the Indian state has wasted no time in hurling accusations at Pakistan, despite offering no credible evidence linking Islamabad to the incid…
Growth Alone Is Not Enough
The recent downgrading of Pakistan’s growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 3% to 2.6% is cause for deep concern. While such marginal revisions may appear insignificant on paper, their implications are profound in a country where ov…
A New Front in the Autonomy Debate
The recent uproar in the provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan over contentious mining legislation is yet another flashpoint in Pakistan’s ongoing struggle between centralisation and provincial autonomy. What’s especially concer…
Resetting Ties with Kabul: A Path Towards Stability
The recent visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to Kabul marks a significant diplomatic effort to recalibrate the increasingly strained Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship. His warm and constructive meetings with the Afghan Taliban …
The Law of the Jungle in the Middle East
As violence continues to ravage the Middle East, two epicenters of destruction—Gaza and Yemen—have come to symbolize the collapse of international norms and the rise of unrestrained aggression. The death toll climbs with chilling consistency, yet the glob…
The Indus Canal Controversy and PPP’s Crisis of Credibility
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) finds itself in an unenviable position as public backlash mounts over the federal government’s canal-building plans under the Green Pakistan Initiative. While the initiative is being touted as a project of "national intere…
A Nation Held Hostage by Its Leaders
Pakistan’s democratic experiment, already beleaguered by decades of institutional imbalance and political immaturity, appears to have come to a grinding halt. What was once a sputtering process has now seemingly stalled completely. Years of polarisation, …
Balochistan’s Crisis Demands Dialogue, Not Suppression
The recent conclusion of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s (BNP-M) 20-day protest sit-in outside Quetta underscores the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Balochistan. Although BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal decided to end the protest after the…
A Risky Shortcut to Economic Revival
The recently announced incentives package for overseas Pakistanis by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, though wrapped in patriotism and gratitude, represents a deeper malaise within Pakistan’s economic policy—a chronic case of the Dutch disease, albeit witho…
Reigniting National Unity and Pride
In a defining moment at the Overseas Pakistanis Convention, Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military), delivered a speech that was far more than ceremonial—it was a passionate reaffirmation of Pakistan’s ideological foundatio…

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