All eyes on the apex court
Next week among matters of import, the Supreme Court will take up a review petition of Imdad Ali, a man convicted of murder who has been awaiting his fate on…
The price of disorder
Pakistan’s roads reflect the broader dysfunction of its governance system: disorganised, improvised and reactive. Every few months, a new chief traffic officer (CTO) assumes office in Lahore or Karachi, promising…
The price of disorder
Pakistan’s roads reflect the broader dysfunction of its governance system: disorganised, improvised and reactive. Every few months, a new chief traffic officer (CTO) assumes office in Lahore or Karachi, promising…
The price of disorder
Pakistan’s roads reflect the broader dysfunction of its governance system: disorganised, improvised and reactive. Every few months, a new chief traffic officer (CTO) assumes office in Lahore or Karachi, promising…
COP-ing elite capture
Pakistan is not suffering a resource crisis. It is suffering a power crisis. The problem is not that the country lacks land, water, forests or even the capacity to adapt…
Taliban’s broken promises
Since October, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have engaged in three rounds of talks aimed at ending the escalating tensions between the two neighbours. The first two meetings, held in…
Let them fly
According to reliable sources, overseas Pakistanis sent a record $3.4 billion in remittances during June 2025, marking a significant 7.9 per cent year-on-year increase. This strong finish to the fiscal…
AI: the new industrial wave
Recently, two global headlines captured the world, revealing a truly remarkable transformation unfolding before our eyes. Amazon announced plans to lay off over 30,000 employees, marking the largest corporate downsizing…
South Asia’s climate quandary
South Asia, home to nearly two billion people, is no longer peering at climate risk through the telescope of 2050; it is living it now. Heatwave clusters, glacial-lake outburst floods…
Quiet revolution
Something extraordinary is happening in Pakistan, and at the centre of it stands COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir, a steady, disciplined figure steering the nation through its most defining transition…
