As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for…
While the concerned residents watch in silence, the city of Karachi falls from one low to another. Karachi, once hailed as the “City of Lights” and the economic powerhouse of Pakistan, has once…
From the clogged drains of Lahore and Karachi, to the crop fields of southern Punjab, and along the Indus River where it meets the Arabian Sea, plastic waste is everywhere.…
Karachi and Hyderabad have seemingly been excluded in the process for the appointment of 13 directors general at the Higher Education Commission (HEC), raising concerns about regional inclusivity and transparency…
On a Monday evening in Ramazan, just moments before iftar, Abdul Qayyum, 25, was taking his pregnant wife, Zainab, for a routine check-up. As they waited at the junction of…
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 has been a game-changer, reshaping the kingdom’s future and setting a bold path for its development. The kingdom, which has traditionally been governed by conservative norms…
“I cannot even begin to explain how much of a nightmare that time was. It felt hopeless”, said the father of two minor daughters who became victims of technology-facilitated, image-based…
THE Bandung Conference that took place 70 years ago in Indonesia in 1955 was a convening of 29 Asian and African states representing more than half the world’s population. The…
In Pakistan, we are fortunate in that our economy is endowed with a variety of both conventional and Islamic financial services and products. While the conventional financial services cater to…
For decades, Pakistan’s population discourse has been anchored in an outdated narrative: the country’s growing numbers are viewed as the primary obstacle to development. With a population exceeding 242 million,…
