Two trajectories
LAST summer, I had the privilege of joining a Canadian delegation on a field mission to monitor a UNFPA-Canada-supported initiative — the Sihat Mand Khaandaan (SMK) programme — focused on…
Learning for lasting peace
The United Nations General Assembly has designated January 24 as the International Day of Education to celebrate the importance of education in advancing peace and development. The theme for this…
A climate-informed manifesto
With the general election on the horizon on February 8, mainstream political parties seem to have been diligently crafting their manifestoes in a consultative manner, unfamiliar to the people of…
What tomorrow should look like
As the echoes of an eventful year reverberate through Pakistan’s landscapes, the nation faces an undeniable need for change. The challenges of 2023, from economic precarity to escalating violence, demand…
Insoluble dilemma of power forecasts?
As the NTDC (National Transm-ission and Dispatch Company) and Power Division are progressing with the next IGCEP (Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan) iteration, they acknowledged the invalidity of the previous…
The Afghan refugee question
Afghanistan’s hesitation to not accept Pakistan as a nation-state is said to stem from its stance on the creation of the Durand Line which Afghans say was without the consent…
BRICS success challenges the US-led dominance!
The world is witnessing seismic shifts across economic, geopolitical, and cultural lines, and the ongoing conflict between Russia and the West is having a profound impact on the global power…
A valley without rights
Kashmiris living across the Line of Control as well as abroad observe October 27 as Black Day every year. People in Pakistan including all those who prize freedom use the…
The other time bomb
Pakistan is a nation focused on the crisis du jour. Crises like ‘climate change, environment and population’ are only mentioned occasionally in the newspapers or soft news morning shows, because…
The deaths to come
THE situation in the country has become dire. For the past year, nearly every month has brought with it a feeling of foreboding. This, many Pakistanis routinely tell themselves, is…
