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Kashmir Elections: The Other Side of the Picture
Opinion

Kashmir Elections: The Other Side of the Picture

Asif Mahmood Elections in Azad Kashmir are just around the corner, yet the real issue is that the politicians have been left behind while society has moved ahead. When politicians…

Kashmir Elections: The Other Side of the Picture

Kashmir Elections: The Other Side of the Picture

Jul 22, 2026
Asif Mahmood Elections in Azad Kashmir are just around the corner, yet the real issue is that the politicians have been left behind while society has moved ahead. When politicians and politics fall behind but society continues to evolve, a vacuum emerg…
Budget: The Real Questions

Budget: The Real Questions

Jun 16, 2026
Asif MahmoodIn our context, budgets are usually seen through two familiar lenses. One is to view them as a supporter of the government, and the other is to view them as an opponent. In the first case, every budget is declared excellent; in the second, eve…
The Beaconhouse Initiative 

The Beaconhouse Initiative 

Jun 15, 2026
Asif Mahmood  For years, discussions about drug abuse on university campuses have followed a familiar pattern. A disturbing incident comes to light, concerns are raised, and attention turns to enforcement and punishment. By then, however, the dama…
Pakistan’s pledge to regional collaboration

Pakistan’s pledge to regional collaboration

Jun 14, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi In an era marked by geopolitical uncertainty, economic fragmentation, and emerging security challenges, regional collaboration has become a necessity rather than a choice. For Pakistan, situated at the crossroads of South Asia, Cen…
Public Universities at the Brink

Public Universities at the Brink

Jun 12, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi Pakistan's public sector universities are confronting one of the gravest financial crises in their history. Institutions established to produce knowledge, foster innovation, and prepare future generations are increasingly strugglin…
Are Women Really Safe in Pakistan’s Workplaces?

Are Women Really Safe in Pakistan’s Workplaces?

Jun 10, 2026
IqraBanoSohail For decades, Pakistan has sustained a loud, performative public discourse celebrating the rise of the professional woman. We take immense pride in the growing number of female doctors, lawyers, journalists, and public servants who break …
9 May to 9 June: A Cycle Repeated

9 May to 9 June: A Cycle Repeated

Jun 10, 2026
Asif Mahmood From May 9 to June 9, the pattern has been strikingly familiar. The rhetoric is the same. The method is the same. Even the excuses are the same. First comes the incendiary language. Threats that everything will be set ablaze. Claims tha…
Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Jun 09, 2026
Asif Mahmood Problems of governance exist across the developing world. Whenever a movement emerges on the basis of such problems, the first question that arises is whether these issues are the reason behind the movement or merely its excuse. In other w…
Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads 

Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads 

Jun 08, 2026
Asif Mahmood  Baluchistan has become a battlefield, and the lines of confrontation are now unmistakably clear. On one side stands the security and integrity of Pakistan. On the other stand India, Israel, and their proxies. This is not the time for…
Revisiting role of the Supreme court in the dispensation of Justice

Revisiting role of the Supreme court in the dispensation of Justice

Jun 08, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi There is a widely shared conception of justice that is universally recognized: that every individual should receive what is rightfully due. Yet in our civilizational tradition, justice carries a deeper meaning. It is not merely abo…
The key to Pakistan’s economic future
July 22, 2026 Editorial

The key to Pakistan’s economic future

Pakistan stands at a pivotal moment…

Nowadays, the situation is being made disturbing: SK Niazi
July 22, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Nowadays, the situation is being made disturbing: SK Niazi

Corruption is rampant in KP: Haji…

Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Focal Person for Overseas Trade & Business Linkages Sheharyar Memon Meets Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E. Ahsan Raza Shah
July 21, 2026 Latest News

Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Focal Person for Overseas Trade & Business Linkages Sheharyar Memon Meets Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E. Ahsan Raza Shah

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Sheharyar Memon, Focal…

If we win in Azad Kashmir, I will ask Shahbaz Sharif to make me the Prime Minister, says Nawaz Sharif
July 21, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

If we win in Azad Kashmir, I will ask Shahbaz Sharif to make me the Prime Minister, says Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader and…

Sardar Khan Niazi

(Tamgh-i-Imtaiz) Journalist, Business Leader, Entrepreneur

The Consequences of Weaponising Freedom of Expression 

The Consequences of Weaponising Freedom of Expression 

Jun 18, 2026
Asif Mahmood Most of you may not like what I am about to say. That, however, makes little difference. Those who have been reading me for years know that I have repeatedly argued that the freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, and protest were bei…
Budget: The Real Questions

Budget: The Real Questions

Jun 16, 2026
Asif MahmoodIn our context, budgets are usually seen through two familiar lenses. One is to view them as a supporter of the government, and the other is to view them as an opponent. In the first case, every budget is declared excellent; in the second, eve…
The Beaconhouse Initiative 

The Beaconhouse Initiative 

Jun 15, 2026
Asif Mahmood  For years, discussions about drug abuse on university campuses have followed a familiar pattern. A disturbing incident comes to light, concerns are raised, and attention turns to enforcement and punishment. By then, however, the dama…
Pakistan’s pledge to regional collaboration

Pakistan’s pledge to regional collaboration

Jun 14, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi In an era marked by geopolitical uncertainty, economic fragmentation, and emerging security challenges, regional collaboration has become a necessity rather than a choice. For Pakistan, situated at the crossroads of South Asia, Cen…
Public Universities at the Brink

Public Universities at the Brink

Jun 12, 2026
By Sardar Khan Niazi Pakistan's public sector universities are confronting one of the gravest financial crises in their history. Institutions established to produce knowledge, foster innovation, and prepare future generations are increasingly strugglin…
Are Women Really Safe in Pakistan’s Workplaces?

Are Women Really Safe in Pakistan’s Workplaces?

Jun 10, 2026
IqraBanoSohail For decades, Pakistan has sustained a loud, performative public discourse celebrating the rise of the professional woman. We take immense pride in the growing number of female doctors, lawyers, journalists, and public servants who break …
9 May to 9 June: A Cycle Repeated

9 May to 9 June: A Cycle Repeated

Jun 10, 2026
Asif Mahmood From May 9 to June 9, the pattern has been strikingly familiar. The rhetoric is the same. The method is the same. Even the excuses are the same. First comes the incendiary language. Threats that everything will be set ablaze. Claims tha…
Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Jun 09, 2026
Asif Mahmood Problems of governance exist across the developing world. Whenever a movement emerges on the basis of such problems, the first question that arises is whether these issues are the reason behind the movement or merely its excuse. In other w…
Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads 

Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads 

Jun 08, 2026
Asif Mahmood  Baluchistan has become a battlefield, and the lines of confrontation are now unmistakably clear. On one side stands the security and integrity of Pakistan. On the other stand India, Israel, and their proxies. This is not the time for…
The key to Pakistan’s economic future
July 22, 2026 Editorial

The key to Pakistan’s economic future

Pakistan stands at a pivotal moment…

Nowadays, the situation is being made disturbing: SK Niazi
July 22, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

Nowadays, the situation is being made disturbing: SK Niazi

Corruption is rampant in KP: Haji…

Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Focal Person for Overseas Trade & Business Linkages Sheharyar Memon Meets Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E. Ahsan Raza Shah
July 21, 2026 Latest News

Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Focal Person for Overseas Trade & Business Linkages Sheharyar Memon Meets Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E. Ahsan Raza Shah

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Sheharyar Memon, Focal…

If we win in Azad Kashmir, I will ask Shahbaz Sharif to make me the Prime Minister, says Nawaz Sharif
July 21, 2026 Latest News | Pakistan

If we win in Azad Kashmir, I will ask Shahbaz Sharif to make me the Prime Minister, says Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader and…

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