Opinion

Behind closed doors, fear masquerades as discipline

Geopolitics, supremacist ideologies are reshaping alliances from South Asia to Washington

Penderel Moon’s quiet dissent exposed the moral limits of the British Raj

Subversion plus insurgency erodes state legitimacy from within, demanding urgent reform

Epstein controversy fuels claims of an Indo-Israeli axis, wider geopolitical intrigue

Fasting trains character; on campus, worship must walk with responsibility

Role-playing can fix Pakistan’s skills crisis — no budget required

In Sukkur Jail, Benazir’s isolation forged a leader beyond lineage

The crisis facing Muslims today is not belief, but meaning

One AI course won’t fix systemic gaps in Pakistan’s higher education

Women and men are equal in responsibilities, the purpose is the same: to live a meaningful life

The relationship between a teacher and his studentshas undergone a dominantly negative change

Neuroroyalism focuses on making public policy that does not necessarily aim to bring about national gain

The government explicitly linked it to circumstances created by prolonged counterterrorism operations in KP, then FATA

No regional consensus exists for war with Iran

Gulfstream excess exposes governance failure

Civic Islam and decentralisation offer a way forward

Moral choices feel futile in a system rigged for power

CPEC promise falters amid distrust, controls and insecurity

From AI creators to AI consumers: capitalism without workers

Article 140-A pledges power, provinces keep control

Factional rifts expose MQM-P’s struggle in a changing metropolis

Even limited exposure to subsidised American dairy imports could devastate local producers

Climate justice demands taxing carbon at the top, not the bottom

Does time flow, or is reality a static four-dimensional block?

In Lahore, art, dialogue turn February into a season of hope

Ethnic strife in Manipur demands political courage

Appeasement won’t work; consistent policy and reform might

With New START gone, nuclear restraint gives way to rivalry

When wealth shapes policy, elections risk becoming theatre

Gen Z mirrors G. K. Chesterton’s fence analogy: quick to remove barriers without asking why they exist

Species loss, dead rivers, deforestation threaten all life

Sindh Archives quietly anchors provincial intellectual life, safeguarding documentary heritage, national memory

Socrates' dictum, "An unexamined life is not worth living", wasn't a hackneyed slogan for self-help gurus

Inclusion is not charity

Balochistan’s stability rests on governance, development, and public participation

Tarique Rahman introduced to Pakistani audiences as the son of a decorated Pakistan Army officer, forgetting 1971

Audits suggesting around 141 billion rupees were lost to fraud

Outcome of Bangladesh's latest general elections has triggered a recalibration of regional geopolitics in South Asia

In the workplace politics in educational institutions, nexus currency always demonetises the currency of performance

Pakistan should not be looking too far out to draw some important lessons for the design of public policy

The Trump-Netanyahu meeting was important in the context of a US-Iran deal

For Pakistan, reliability may be the new currency of cooperation

Urgency, not rhetoric, is needed in responding to Khan’s condition

Basant’s return restores colour, memory, joy to a weary Lahore

Selective censorship erodes democracy, silences the voices it promises to protect

US tariff threats make neutrality costly in a polarised world order

Governance without accountability is Pakistan’s real energy crisis

The “rules-based order” bends where power prevails

Love needs consent, not control, in a society bound by rigid honour codes