KP shows the way
‘Khairal-Umoor Awasatuha’ (The best of ways lies in the middle) — Rasul Allah (PBUH) FOR most of Pakistan’s existence its elites and the institutions they dominate have governed, controlled, deceived,…
The red line
Pakistan and Afghanistan forces have been locked in a confrontation that, in its scale and persistence, has no precedent in recent decades. Over the past five days, the two neighbours…
Governance in ESG context
The Global Risks Perception Survey 2022-2023 (GRSP) administered by the World Economic Forum captured the top 10 risks in the two-to-five-year landscape. With regards to environmental risks, the GRPS’s results…
The lost purpose of education
What happens to a nation when its education loses direction? Martin Luther King Jr, in an essay published in 1947, offered an alarming warning that still echoes today: “If we…
AI in the classroom
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the education sector has seen a gradual shift towards online learning, a trend that continues to this day. As the first quarter of the 21st century…
Comey indictment escalates Trump’s campaign to chill opposition
The US criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey shatters norms of independence in federal investigations and will face significant hurdles in court, according to legal experts. But for…
Trump tilts, again, and markets reload, again
It didn’t take a war speech. Just a social media post. And before anyone could double-check if the words were deliberate or just another digital impulse, markets had already moved.…
Good governance remains elusive
There is a widespread perception that in Pakistan there are a plethora of very well researched papers but gathering dust in government offices, penned by sector experts (domestic and international)…
No country for young people
Every few weeks, Pakistan wakes up to another tragic story that reflects the troubled state of its youth. A promising young athlete lost to suicide. A student consumed by substance…
Our invisible backbone
Shabana’s day begins long before sunrise in Thatta. By four in the morning she is walking to fetch water. She cooks for her children, cleans for her in-laws, tends to…
