A rising Pakistan: keeping the promise
The year 2025 was not just another year for Pakistan. It was a year in which the country, in several unprecedented ways, made its mark on the regional and global…
Where is Pakistan headed?
Pakistan’s major security-oriented and diplomatic gains, post the May ace performance of its forces, in stature and engagement at the regional and global level have been impressive. Its role, spreading…
Pakistan: significant global achievements
Pakistan’s achievements in the global arena demonstrate a country that has consistently sought to defend its sovereignty and assert its strategic position despite immense challenges. The defining moment of national…
Reviving Pakistan’s stone industry
Up in the hills of Swat, massive marble blocks are blasted out of the ground, leaving behind piles of wasted stone. What survives is shipped out raw, only to return…
Pakistan and KSA redraw security map
The announcement of a mutual defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is more than a ceremonial gesture. It represents a recalibration of regional security equations at a time when…
Pakistan on the global stage
“We will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own”. With those words, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto gave Pakistan not only its nuclear programme but…
Welcome to Pakistan?
In my previous column (‘Pakistan’s tourism blindspot’, July 14), I explored how Pakistan, despite its immense cultural and natural wealth, continues to underperform in the global tourism economy due to…
From Karachi to Gaza: Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to child war survivors
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…
Rethinking charity in Pakistan
Pakistanis take immense pride in being among the most charitable people in the world. Whether it’s distributing food, giving money to those in need or supporting religious institutions, our culture…
Pakistan and the tariff shock
The US has opted for a strategic trade policy over free trade by prioritising security, industrial and economic policy over market liberalisation. US President Trump initiated this policy in 2017…
